Crawfish Corn Maque Choux Recipes

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shallot, red and green peppers, and green onion. Season with salt and pepper, and saute until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Add zucchini, sweet corn, water and 2 teaspoons Cajun or creole seasoning to the skillet. Cook until zucchini is tender, about 2 minutes. Add half and half, and stir. Turn off heat.
• Meanwhile, season shrimp with remaining 2 teaspoons Cajun or creole seasoning. Melt butter in a separate skillet and cook shrimp in four batches, about 2 minutes on each side, or until curled, pink and cooked all the way through. Do not overcook.
• Divide corn mixture between four plates. Top each plate with 5 cooked shrimp, and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Place the corn in a food processor or blender and process until the kernels are chopped and resemble cream-style corn. Set aside.
• In a large Dutch oven over high heat, melt the margarine.
• Add the onions, bell pepper, and celery and saute for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Reduce the heat to medium and stir in the corn, milk, and stock.
• Cook, stirring frequently, for 15 minutes.
• Spray the inside of a large skillet with nonstick spray and place over high heat.
• Add the crawfish, green onions, salt and pepper.
• Saute for 5 minutes, then add the corn mixture.
• Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes, stirring often to prevent burning.

Steps:

• Thaw corn if frozen. Heat butter in medium saucepot. Add corn and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add chicken stock, onion, bell pepper, celery and tomatoes with chiles. Turn heat up and cook until all of chicken stock has evaporated.
• Add garlic, Creole Seasoning, salt and heavy cream. Bring to a boil.
• Add crawfish tails and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes until cream starts to reduce and thicken.
• Add parsley and green onions. Serve with steamed white rice.

Steps:

• Heat butter in medium saucepot. Add corn and saute for 2 minutes. Add chicken stock, onion, bell pepper, celery, and tomatoes. Turn heat up and cook until all of the chicken stock has evaporated. Add garlic, Cajun seasoning, salt, hot sauce, and heavy cream. Bring to a boil. Add mirlitons and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Add crawfish tails and simmer for 10 minutes or until cream starts to reduce and thicken. Add parsley and green onions and stir to combine. Serve with rice, pasta, or polenta.

Steps:

• 1. Cut the kernels off of the corn into a large bowl. Using the back of the knife, scrape the sweet corn milk from the cobs to extract about 3 tablespoons and add it to the bowl. Set aside.
• 2. Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until the fat renders and the bacon is crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to a paper-towel-lined plate and set aside. Add the butter to the skillet and when melted, add the celery, bell peppers and onions. Season with salt and pepper and cook until the vegetables are soft, about 15 minutes. Add the milk, scallion whites, garlic, tomatoes and corn. Cook until thickened, 10 minutes.
• 3. Serve garnished with the scallion greens and reserved bacon.

Steps:

• Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add bell pepper; sauté until beginning to soften, about 3 minutes. Add corn; sauté 2 minutes. Add cream, thyme, and 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce. Simmer until sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Mix in green onion, parsley, and basil. Season to taste with coarse salt, pepper, and more hot pepper sauce, if desired.

Steps:

• Shuck the corn and remove all of the silk.
• Using a sharp knife, cut the corn off the ears into a large bowl. Set aside.
• Cut bacon into 1-inch pieces. Fry in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly, until crisp, being careful not to overcook.
• Remove bacon from skillet with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
• Add the onions and red bell peppers to the skillet with the bacon drippings and sauté until the onions are translucent.
• Add the garlic and corn and sauté, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt, freshly ground black pepper, and a dash of sugar.
• Pour in the cream and bring to a boil.
• Immediately reduce heat and simmer until cream reduces and thickens slightly, about 5 minutes more.
• Crumble the bacon and stir into the corn.
• Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Using a sharp knife, cut corn kernels from the cob into a large bowl. Into the same bowl, scrape the cobs with the dull side of the knife to release any juice left in the cob. Set aside.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, bell pepper and tomatoes, and cook and stir until the onion is tender, about 10 minutes. Add the corn, crawfish, green onions, sugar, salt, black pepper, and cayenne and cook and stir until corn is tender, about 10 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine corn, crawfish tail meat, celery, tomatoes, bell pepper and onions.
• In a smaller bowl, whisk together the olive oil, sugar, cider vinegar, salt, peppers and garlic powder.
• Let sit at least 30 minutes so sugar dissolves completely.
• Gently mix dressing into salad and combine thoroughly.

Steps:

• Using high heat combine 4 T butter, oil, onions, sugar, pepper, salt, cayenne, and corn in a large skillet or frying pan. Cook until corn is tender and starch forms a crust on the pan bottom, about 14 to 16 minutes. Stir occasionally and stir more as it starts to stick.
• Gradually add 1 C of the stock, scraping the pan bottom and continue cooking 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add 4 T butter and stir. Cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently and scraping pan bottom.
• Reduce heat to low and cook 8-10 minutes, stirring once or twice. Add 1/4 C stock and cook 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the remaining 1 C stock and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in 1/2 C evaporated milk and continue to cook and stir until most of the liquid is absorbed, about 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• In a bowl, combine eggs and the remaining 1/2 C evaporated milk. Beat until frothy. Stir into the corn and serve. Heat from the corn will cook the eggs, but will not curdle.