Crawfishbread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat griddle to medium-high. Combine crawfish, cheese, sausage, green onion and Creole spice. Butter bread. Heap filling on unbuttered side of one bread slice, then spread it out evenly to corners. Cover with second bread slice, buttered-side up. Cook on griddle until first side is golden brown. Flip and cook until second side is golden brown and sandwich is hot all the way through. Remove and slice it up.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.

Steps:

• In a large heavy skillet, melt the butter and heat it until it bubbles. Then lower the heat and add the chopped onions, bell pepper, and celery.
• Sauté the mixture until the veggies turn limp, but do not let them brown (figure that it should take about three minutes).
• Next add the wine to the seasoning base and bring it to a boil.
• Then, after about a minute, pour in the clam juice (or broth) and add to it the prepared roux, thyme, bay leaves, and garlic.
• At this point, return the mixture to a boil once again but immediately lower the heat and simmer everything together for about five minutes more or until thickened.
• Now add the crawfish tails, diced tomatoes, cream of shrimp soup, parsley, green onions, seafood seasoning, and salt (if needed).
• When everything is thoroughly combined, simmer the skillet for about 8 to 10 minutes or until you can pick up the sauce with a fork.
• All that's left to do is to slice the loaves of bread lengthwise and sprinkle each half with a thin but complete layer of cheese.
• Then place the bread onto a sheet pan and slide it under a hot broiler or toaster oven until the cheese fully melts.
• Finally, take the bread halves out of the oven, generously spoon the crawfish sauce down the center of each loaf, then top them liberally with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.
• Return the Crawfish Bread to the oven one more time, but only until the sauce begins to bubble.
• Then slice the "breads" into appropriate individual portions and serve the pieces piping hot.
• Outstanding with a frosty "brewskie" in a tall frosted glass!

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Rinse the crawfish. In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for a few minutes. Add the tomatoes, Cajun seasoning and crawfish. Saute for 1 minute. Remove from the heat.
• In a bowl, mix together the cheeses, mayonnaise and parsley. Add the tomato and crawfish mixture to the mayo mixture.
• Cut the loaf of bread in half and then cut the bread lengthwise. Spoon the mixture on the bread and bake for 10 to 15 minutes. Then broil for an additional 3 to 5 minutes. Watch closely, as not to burn. Cut the bread into individual portions.

Steps:

• Always remember a Cajun cook's measurements are by taste and feeling of the day therefore this was a hard recipe to write down.
• All can or frozen ingredients can be substituted with fresh ingredients.
• In a pan put crawfish (leave crawfish fat in for taste or rinse and strain prior to sauteing for a whiter sauce), wine, and a couple pinches of seasoning.
• I use about 4 maybe 6 pinches of seasoning.
• Simmer on very low heat for 3 minutes.
• Take crawfish out of pan and set aside leaving wine and seasoning in pan.
• In another pan saute the onions, garlic, bell peppers, scallions, green onions, and carrots in some olive oil until onions are soft.
• About 5 minutes.
• Season while simmering with a few pinches of garlic salt, garlic pepper and a few more pinches of seasoning.
• Take the ingredients from the two pans (wine and onion pans) and pour into a large pot.
• Place on a low heat adding the zucchini, squash, corn, broccoli, cream cheese, parmesan cheese, parsley, rosemary, bay leaves and heavy cream.
• If necessary add more wine or cream to cover ingredients.
• Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low for 20 minutes.
• Stir occasionally and of course add a few more pinches of seasoning.
• While sauce is simmering add corn starch and water mixture to sauce to thicken.
• I usually mix two tbls of cornstarch with 4 oz of water in a glass, stir and slowly add to sauce avoiding clumping.
• Mix thoroughly and let heat for a few minutes before adding more until you get the consistency you want.
• One you get the consistency you want and you have heated for about 20 minutes add crawfish in and continue to stir on a low heat for 10 minutes.
• While main dish is simmering cook enough pasta for 4-6.
• Serve on a plate or in a bowl over pasta.
• Great with fresh green beans and of course garlic bread.
• Bon Appitite.

Steps:

• Saute crawfish tails in butter until heated through. Add cayenne and saute a minute more. Set aside and cool.
• Thaw spinach and cool as directed, thoroughly squeeze excess water out. Drain and chop artichokes. Mix spinach, artichokes, cream cheese and 1 cup of cheese until well blended. Microwave untilsmooth and creamy.
• Spread bread with alfredo sauce, then generously layer spinach dip,crawfish tails, and rest of cheese on bread.
• Bake at 350 until bread is crispy and cheese is bubbly. May need to broil the last 5 minutes to reach brownness. Sprinkle with parsley for garnish.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• In a skillet, saute green onions in olive oil with the garlic powder.
• Lower the heat and slowly add sour cream, a little bit at a time, blending well.
• Blend in the cumin.
• Add the crawfish and combine well over low heat, about 5 minutes.
• Tear off an extra long piece of foil, so that it lines the bottom of a 13x9 pan, and has plenty hanging off of each end.
• (So that it can be folded over to seal the quesadillas).
• Place a tortilla in one end of the pan.
• Cover it with a big handful of cheese.
• Then spoon on 1/6 of the crawfish mixture.
• Cover with another tortilla.
• Place another tortilla right next to this (other end of pan), so that you will be forming two stacks, side by side.
• Repeat process, making another quesadilla, so that you now have two right next to each other.
• Continue making quesadillas until you have two stacks of three.
• Fold the foil over the stacks to completely cover.
• Heat in the oven for 15 minutes, or until cheese has melted.
• Cut each quesadilla in 4-6 pieces.
• Serve with spicy guacamole.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients and mix well.
• Put in greased 9x11 baking dish.
• Bake at 350°F for 40-45 minute.
• Serve hot or cold cut into small squares.