Quick Easy Crawfish Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Cook pasta in salt water according to the directions on the package. Drain, then rinse under cool water to stop the cooking. Drain again, thoroughly.
• 2. Melt the butter in a large skillet and saute onions and garlic for 3 minutes.
• 3. *If using raw shrimp, add them with the onions and garlic at the beginning.
• 4. Add the crawfish and half-and-half, sauté until bubbly.
• 5. Add Creole seasoning - 1 big pinch then taste. Add more as needed but tasting before adding the next pinch until you think it's right. Add salt if needed. If you've boiled your own crawfish add the crawfish fat to the mixture as well.
• 6. Cook for 5 - 10 minutes over medium heat until the sauce thickens.
• 7. Add the pasta to the pot and toss well. You may not need to use all of the pasta. (I double the recipe when using the whole pound of pasta.) Let it sit for about 10 minutes over very low heat, stirring often.
• 8. Serve immediately, with lots of French bread and a nice white wine. Buon Appetito!
• 9. *COOKS NOTE: Most of the time I use half Heavy Cream and half - Half and Half, or in other words 1 1/3 cups heavy cream and 2/3 cups milk. I generally buy Heavy Cream because it can be cut with milk to make Half and Half. The sauce seems to thicken better than straight Half and Half but using all Heavy Cream is too thick.
• 10. *Tip: The sauce is excellent over Redfish on da Half Shell or grilled filets - I call it Redfish Monica.
• 11. *Options: If you don't have crawfish, use bay scallops, shrimp, lump crabmeat (add last and fold in gently).

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:

• 1. Melt butter; Add flour. Stir in onions, bell pepper and garlic. Cook until tender
• 2. Add soup. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• 3. Add salt , pepper, green onion and parsley. Add crawfish tails or cooked shrimp. Cook over low heat till seafood is heated through.
• 4. Add paprika for some pink color to the dish and red pepper flakes to taste.
• 5. Serve over cooked rice.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine crawfish tails, cream cheese, sour cream, green onions, garlic, mustard, and crab boil seasoning in a large mixing bowl. Mix with an electric hand mixer until the consistency is nice and creamy.
• Place mixture in an oven-safe dish. Sprinkle bread crumbs on top of the mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is lightly browned, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• 1. In 4qt pot (I prefer cast iron), melt butter. Add onion, bell pepper. Saute til crisp-tender.
• 2. Once veggies have cooked down, add soups and frozen crawfish. Season w/ salt, pepper, and garlic. Adding creole/cajun seasoning, if desired. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally to prevent burning and to break apart crawfish. Add water anytime during cooking process if you feel it's needed.
• 3. Heat through and serve over rice.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir chopped onion and green onion in melted butter until softened, about 5 minutes. Add crawfish tails, potato soup, mushroom soup, yellow corn, white corn, and cream cheese; cook and stir until cheese melts completely into mixture. Pour half-and-half into the pot; stir. Season with Creole seasoning, salt, and black pepper. Cook until hot, about 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Cook the rice according to the package directions.
• Melt the butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat.
• Add the onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic.
• Cook, stirring constantly, for 8 minutes.
• Combine the soup and chicken broth; add to the vegetable mixture.
• Add in the Cajun seasoning and red pepper.
• Cook for 10 minutes on medium low heat; stir occasionally.
• Add in the crawfish tails, green onion and parsley.
• Cook just until heated through, about 3 minutes, and serve over the cooked rice.