Prejeans Crawfish Etouffee Recipes

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:

• Combine 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup flour in a small saucepan. Stir while cooking for 3 minutes over medium-high heat; keep warm--this is the Roux.
• In a 4-quart saucepan, add 1/2 cup butter, onion, bell pepper, celery, and green onion bottoms; cook over medium heat while stirring for 8 minutes.
• Add paprika, peppers, garlic, and chicken bouillon. Cook 2 more minutes while stirring.
• Add 1 quart water, and bring to a boil for 5 minutes.
• Add reserved roux, stirring well with wire whip. Reduce heat to medium, and boil for 3 minutes.
• Add crawfish, onion tops, and parsley; then stir in last 1/2 cup butter. Turn heat to low until ready to serve.

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:

• Season the crawfish tails with salt, plus a little black and cayenne pepper. Heat the butter in a saute pan and saute the onion, bell pepper and celery until the translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the crawfish fat (or extra butter if you don't have any), plus 1-1/2 cups water. Add the Creole seasoning, thyme, oregano, bay leaf and crawfish tails. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes. Dissolve the Tony Chachere's Creole Instant Roux Mix (or cornstartch) in the remaining 1/2 cup water and stir into the mixture until the consitency is to your liking. Add the green onions and parsley, and cook an additional 5 minutes. Serve over hot 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.

Steps:

• In a skillet over high heat melt butter. Add onion and pepper and sauté until transparent. Add Rotel tomatoes and simmer 2 minutes. Add cayenne, black pepper, salt, garlic, and chili powder and stir well. • Add crawfish and simmer 3 minutes. Add cream and roux. Stir continuously while bringing to a boil. Remove from heat and add Velveeta cheese. Allow to cool completely. • Preheat oven to 400 degrees • Fill crawfish mixture into tortillas and roll. Place in greased baking pan and top with cheddar cheese. • Bake 7 minutes or until golden brown. Top with remaining mixture as desired. This recipe makes 12 enchiladas - Top with Prejean's Enchilada Sauce to complete this dish.