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Cajun Crawfish Etouffee




Source of Recipe


BH&G


Recipe Introduction


In Cajun cooking, etouffee means "smothered in a sauce." Here it's the crawfish and vegetables that are smothered in spicy sauce.


List of Ingredients




1 pound crawfish tails, whole, fresh or frozen, peeled tails (or shrimp)
2 large onions, chopped (1-1/2 cups)
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup light butter, cooking oil, margarine, or butter
2 tablespoons crawfish fat*, margarine, or butter
4 teaspoons cornstarch
1 cup water
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper (1/4 to 1/2)
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Hot cooked rice

Recipe



1. Thaw crawfish or shrimp, if frozen.

2. In a heavy, 3-quart saucepan cook onions, celery, green sweet pepper, and garlic, covered, in oil, margarine, or butter about 10 minutes or until tender. Add crawfish fat, margarine, or butter, stirring until melted. Stir in cornstarch.

3. Stir in crawfish or shrimp, water, tomato sauce, salt, red pepper, and black pepper. Bring mixture to boiling. Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, about 5 minutes or until crawfish are tender or shrimp turn opaque. Serve with hot cooked rice. Makes 4 servings.

Notes:
The orange fat found in the heads of crawfish adds extra richness and flavor to dishes. Since it’s difficult to find crawfish fat outside of southern Louisiana, margarine or butter is a good substitute for the crawfish fat.

Nutritional facts per serving: calories: 400 , total fat: 20g , saturated fat: 3g , cholesterol: 83mg , sodium: 625mg , carbohydrate: 41g , protein: 14g