Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, crawfish etouffe. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Here in Louisiana, there's nothing better than this classic during crawfish season. This recipe is easy and can be substituted with shrimp when crawfish are out of season. Just in time for Crawfish Season!
Crawfish Etouffe is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Crawfish Etouffe is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook crawfish etouffe using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Crawfish Etouffe:
- Prepare 1 lb crawfish
- Get 1 salt & pepper to taste
- Take 1 small onion (diced small)
- Get 1/2 cup margarine
- Prepare 1 tsp all purpose flour
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Take 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- Prepare 1 tbsp tomato paste
- Prepare 2 clove garlic (minced)
- Prepare 2 lemon slices
- Take 1 tbsp green onions (diced small)
- Prepare 1 tbsp fresh parsley (roughly chopped)
- Prepare 3/4 cup water
Here, crawfish (also known as crayfish, crawdads, or mudbugs) are smothered in a spicy Cajun sauce. This crawfish etouffee recipe is filled with flavor and love. Crawfish Etouffee is a Cajun/Creole dish born out of Louisiana, a state known (and adored) for their abundance of crawfish. Crawfish Étouffée, full of tender seafood bites smothered in a spicy Cajun tomato based sauce and served over rice, is Southern comfort food at it's best!
Instructions to make Crawfish Etouffe:
- Season crawfish with salt and pepper and set aside.
- In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and saute onions until tender.
- Stir in flour and mix well.
- Add water, salt, cayenne, tomato paste, garlic, and lemon. Cook on medium-low for 20 minutes.
- Add a little more water if its too thick our starts to stick.
- Add crawfish and cover. Cook 8-10 minutes.
- Finally add green onions and parsley. Cook 2 minutes more.
- Serve over rice.
You can use shrimp, crawfish, or crab for this recipe interchangeably. There are hundreds of recipes for Crawfish Etouffee. This is the old fashion way to cook Crawfish Etouffee. The smell of Crawfish Etouffee or Shrimp Etouffee (my recipe), makes me more nostalgic for Louisiana than any other dish I can think of, even above Gumbo and Red Beans. Add the crawfish, garlic, and bay leaves and reduce the heat to medium.
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