Not a big hot food fan - cajun a step too far?

[cymatty]

You know what type of things I'd go for were I experimenting with spice?

I'd try making fajitas (the smoky BBQ old el paso will be a very gentle entry)

I'd also try making a jambalaya (it has a bit of cayenne pepper in it but I'd remove it or go super easy on it- also it has smoked paprika which is an essential element of lots of BBQ food). Try Jamie Oliver's recipe out. I really like it but add a lot more spice to it.

Also try Gordon Ramsay's chilli con carne- if you follow the recipe you'll end up with something very tasty and which is very easy on the spice.

I know chilli and fajitas aren't cajun but they're really easy to make and are very tasty and an easy entry to 'spicy' food.

I like chilli so I will search out the recipe. I do like and do make the old el paso fajitas smoky bbq on a regular basis, I love the stuff. I am debating trying the level up next time (the one with 2 chilies instead of one.

I'd recommend the following two options:
Nandos hot sauce - work your way up. I wasn't a huge hot sauce fan, but heard some bro science about metabolism, and figures it'd be nice to broaden my taste buds as well. But yeah, you can work up through the spices.
Indians? You can often get quite good sweet and spicy ones, with the sweet being a good offset. It can also work up as well.

kd

I use the Nandos medium heat home marinade on chicken legs overnight. This I also love, I could try to move up to the hot level next.

The Cajun spice mix you get in small bottles really isn't that hot, as others have already said. I'd say its quite similar to what a Fajita spice mix is like, in flavour too.

Ah thats cool then I may be a bit more liberal than I was going to be.

 

[cymatty]

Made the wings and I was careful with the mix to make sure I did not put to much on.

They turned out nice, had a warmth but were not hot. Need to add the mix to more things now. : )

 

[FrenchTart]

One thing you can do is to get some dried chillies and put them in a pepper mill. Then you can add a little twist to any food you cook that you want to make hotter (use it as you would do pepper). You'll probably find that you start to like hotter and hotter food without even realising it.

 

[SINDRONE]

Fajitas are one of my favourite dishes, I usually use an Old El Paso spice mix and add some of my own spices to it, paprika, cumin, cayenne pepper, garlic powder. Heats them up whilst maintaining that lovely smokey flavour, paprika's the key.