Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, my crawfish etouffee. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
My Crawfish Etouffee is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. My Crawfish Etouffee is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
My family adds celery, and the only reason we leave the bellpepper out is because I am allergic to it. Just in time for Crawfish Season! Cajun Crawfish Etoufee, Step by Step Cooking Recipe by Cajun Chef Brett Hebert.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have my crawfish etouffee using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make My Crawfish Etouffee:
- Take 1 lb crawfish tails
- Make ready 2-4 C cooked rice
- Take 2 tbs flour
- Prepare 1/2 C ketchup
- Take 10.5 oz. cream of mushroom soup
- Take 2 C hot water
- Make ready 8 tbs butter, divided
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- Get 1 onion, diced
- Get 1 bell pepper, diced
- Get 1 stalk celery, diced
- Prepare 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- Prepare TT salt
- Prepare TT black pepper
- Take TT cayenne pepper
Crawfish Étouffée satisfies all of my cravings. The flavor is intense and the combination of the succulent crawfish, or langostino, paired with the creamy tomato based sauce is heaven to my taste. 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. Crawfish Etouffee is a Cajun/Creole dish born out of Louisiana, a state known (and adored) for their abundance of crawfish.
Instructions to make My Crawfish Etouffee:
- Heat 4 tbs butter in cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add diced onion, celery, bell pepper, paprika, and salt and pepper TT. Saute for about 10 minutes stirring occasionally until completely translucent.
- Add garlic and saute until fragrant, stirring often careful not to burn garlic.
- Add remaining butter. After melted, whisk in flour. Continue to whisk for about 5 minutes to make a light roux.
- Slowly add water while vigorously whisking. Add ketchup, soup, salt and pepper TT.
- Bring to a slow boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes stirring occasionally.
- Add crawfish tails, including the juices, and simmer while occasionally stirring for another 15-20 minutes.
- Serve over rice.
A New Orleans-style rendition boasts a smooth, buttery texture that lies. This crawfish etouffee recipe is filled with flavor and love. See what makes it so popular. This traditional New Orleans recipe was handed down by my mother. Crawfish really aren't fish at all, as you well know, but rather they are arthropods.
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