Crawfish Etouffée Recipes

Steps:

• Before preparing the vegetables, clarify the butter (not shown in video): Place 2 sticks unsalted butter (1 cup) in a small saucepan over low to medium heat. Milk solids will foam to the surface, then sink to the bottom of the pan. Cook until the simmering settles and the milk solids have separated from the butterfat, 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat and strain to remove milk solids. Measure out ½ cup of clarified butter for use in this recipe. (Cool the remaining butter and store in a lidded container in the refrigerator.) Prepare the vegetables: While the butter is clarifying, dice the onion and celery and mince the garlic. Remove stem ends from red bell pepper and jalapeño, then slice the peppers lengthwise into thin strips. Discard the seeds and white veins, then small-dice the strips.
• In a large, heavy-bottomed pot, heat the clarified butter and flour over high heat; whisk to combine and get rid of the lumps. This will form a paste called a roux. As soon as the lumps are gone, reduce heat to medium, switch to a wooden spoon, and cook, scraping the bottom to keep it from burning. (If you see steam or smoke, turn the temperature down further.) Keep stirring to prevent the roux from burning, up to 30 minutes. As the roux cooks, it will darken in color.
• When the roux is reddish and on its way to brown, add onion, red pepper, celery, jalapeño, and garlic; stir to combine with the roux. Allow vegetables to sweat and soften, about 2 minutes.
• Turn heat to high and slowly add the stock into the roux mixture, whisking constantly. As the sauce comes to a boil, it will rapidly thicken enough to coat the back of a spoon. Once the sauce is the right consistency, add the crawfish and bay leaves; stir to combine. Season to taste with several pinches of salt. Stir in the chopped scallions and cayenne pepper. Reduce heat to low and simmer, 10-12 minutes.
• Assembly: Taste étouffée and adjust seasoning. Stir in chopped parsley and juice of one lemon and stir to combine. Serve over hot steamed rice.

Steps:

• Saute the celery in butter on low to medium heat until the celery becomes tender. Add the onion, bell pepper, spices, and garlic. When everything is well blended, turn the heat up to medium-high and blend in the flour to form a roux around the vegetables. Cook thoroughly until the roux starts to brown slightly. Add the crawfish stock and heavy cream a little at a time until all of the stock and the cream are added. Finish by adding the crawfish tail meat. Simmer on low heat for approximately 15 minutes.
• Serve over rice and/or French bread and garnish with parsley.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a 12-inch cast iron skillet or large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat until the oil begins to lightly smoke, about 5 minutes. Whisk in the flour and cook until it turns a peanut butter brown color. Turn off the heat. Stir in the celery, onions and peppers and cook until the onions are translucent, about 2 minutes. Return the heat to medium to medium-low and stir in the garlic and bay leaves. While the trinity cooks, combine the cayenne, thyme, white pepper, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon black pepper in a small bowl. Stir into the skillet, a little at a time, to build flavor (see Cook's Note).
• Whisk in the stock 1 cup at a time, making sure it is incorporated and smooth. Bring to a boil, then cook until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Add the crawfish and cook until they tighten in appearance, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the heat, then stir in half of the green onions. Serve immediately over fluffed rice with hot sauce and garnish with the remaining green onions.

Steps:

• In a large, heavy saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter and whisk in flour to combine well. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until roux is a peanut butter color.
• Add onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic, bay leaves, and thyme and cook until vegetables are soft, about 6 to 8 minutes. Add stock, tomatoes, salt, red pepper, hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce and bring to a boil.
• Skim surface, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook uncovered for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add crawfish tails and fat, lemon juice, green onions, and parsley and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add remaining butter and stir to combine well. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Serve over hot rice.

Steps:

• In dutch oven melt butter over medium heat.
• Add onions, bell pepper, celery and garlic.
• Saute vegetables until soft, about 30 to 45 minutes.
• Add Crawfish tails and seasonings.
• Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the mushroom sauce, let it simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add to crawfish mixture, cover and simmer for 10 more minutes.
• Serve on hot rice.

Steps:

• In an 8 quart stock pot over medium heat, add vegetable oil and margarine. Saute onions, green pepper and garlic until onions are translucent.
• Add crawfish to the onion mixture, and cook for 5 minutes. Add a little water to keep crawfish moist while cooking.
• Stir in soup and diced tomatoes. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes. Sprinkle in parsley after about 10 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste while simmering. Water can be added to thin as desired.

Steps:

• In a large heavy skillet, melt butter; stir in flour. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture is a caramel-colored paste, about 20 minutes. Add the celery, pepper and onions; stir until coated. Add the broth, water, parsley, tomato paste, bay leaf, salt, pepper and cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil., Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaf. Add crawfish and heat through. Serve with rice.

Steps:

• Combine the rice and 6 cups water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, until rice is tender and water has been absorbed.
• While the rice is cooking, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, and saute until transparent. Stir in the garlic, and cook for a minute. Stir in the flour until well blended. Gradually stir in the tomato sauce and remaining 1 cup water, then add the crawfish tails and bring to a simmer. Add the green onions and season with salt, pepper, and Cajun seasoning. Simmer for 5 to 10 minutes over low heat, until the crawfish is cooked but not tough. Serve over hot cooked rice.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a Dutch oven or other large heavy pot, add the onions and bell peppers.
• Sauté over medium high heat.
• Brown well (being sure to scrape the bottom of the pot frequently to loosen any stuck particles) (You want to caramelize the onions to bring out their sweetness) (This process will take about 45 minutes).
• Reduce the heat to medium low, add the salt, peppers, crawfish fat, and water.
• Stir well and let simmer 30 minutes more (you can prepare the dish in advance to this point; about 30 minutes before serving).
• Reheat the mixture over medium heat.
• Raise the heat to medium high, stir in the crawfish and cook for 10 minutes.
• Add the green onions and parsley and let cook for another 5 minutes.
• Place generous servings of hot cooked rice in the middle of large flat plates and spoon the crawfish all around.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions, bell peppers, and celery and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft and golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the crawfish tails and cook, stirring occasionally, until they throw off some of their liquid, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Dissolve the cornstarch in the water and add to the crawfish mixture. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the mixture thickens, 4 to 5 minutes. Season with salt and cayenne.
• Serve immediately over steamed rice. Garnish with a sprinkling of green onions and parsley.

Steps:

• Season the crawfish tails with salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper.
• Heat butter in saute pan until melted.
• Add the onion, bell pepper and celery; cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add 1-1/2 cups water, Creole seasoning, thyme, oregano, bay leaf and crawfish tails.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Mix corn starch in the remaining 1/2 cup water.
• Add to the crawfish mixture along with green onion and parsley, cook an additional 5 minutes.
• Serve over hot cooked long grain rice.

Steps:

• Roux: In small skillet, mix flour and oil together to make a paste; over medium heat, stir constantly with a wooden spoon until the color of caramel -- Do not let burn; set aside.
• In a Dutch oven, add all ingredients except crawfish and green onions.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 2 hours or until vegetables are tender.
• Add roux, stirring occasionally and cook for 30 minutes.
• Add crawfish and green onions and cook for 10 minutes longer.
• Serve over a bed of rice.

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• In a large saucepan on medium heat, saute onion until clear. Add tomato soup, mushroom soup, and canned tomatoes. Simmer for 15 minutes.
• Place the crawfish into the pan and simmer for 25 minutes.

Steps:

• Make roux of flour and butter in a heavy skillet, and stir until blended.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring regularly, until dark blonde in color, about 10 minutes.
• Add chopped onion, garlic and green pepper, and cook until vegetables are almost tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add crawfish fat, and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Optionally, a little water can be added to thin mixture at this point.
• Add crawfish tails, cover, and simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add salt, pepper and cayenne pepper to taste.
• Add green onion tops and parsley, and simmer for about 15 minutes.
• Serve over hot cooked rice.