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Bonus Crawfish Recipes
We have already talked about a lot of Cajun recipes in other sections, but I wanted to save a few of my favorite crawfish recipes for this. While I love to eat just about every Cajun food that you can imagine, I do believe that these are some of the very best. We hope that you enjoy them. As with all of our recipes, please feel free to email us if you have any suggestions or comments. We would truly love to hear from you, and we love talking about Cajun food!
Crawfish Bread Recipe
This is a bread that will knock your socks off! I got this recipe for crawfish bread from an old Cajun woman that truly knows how to cook. If you don't like the final product as much as I do, it's probably because you didn't make it right. Trust me folks, this is really, really good!
Ingredients:
- 1 chopped white onion
- 1 stick of butter
- 1/2 cup of chopped bell pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 1/2 cups of chopped green onions
- 1 cup of chicken broth
- 1/3 cup of roux
- 1/2 teaspoon of basil
- 2 tablespoons of minced garlic (or more, I like a lot!)
- 2 pounds of Louisiana crawfish tails
- 1 small can of Ro-Tel tomatoes
- 1 can of cream of shrimp soup
- 1/2 cup of chopped parsley
- 1 teaspoon of Cajun seasoning
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 1 pound of shredded cheese (any kind you want to use)
- 1 cup of grated parmesan
- 4 loaves of French bread
- 1/4 cups of water
Instructions:
- In a heavy pot or skillet, melt the butter and saute the celery, onions, and bell pepper until they are soft.
- Add the water and turn the heat up until it boils.
- Add the chicken broth, roux, garlic, and basil. Let it reaching the boiling point again and then turn it down to medium for 5 minutes.
- Add the Ro-Tel, Louisiana crawfish tails, cream of shrimp, green onions, parsley, Cajun seasoning, and salt.
- Mix well and let it simmer for about 10 minutes until it is fairly thick.
- Place your bread on a cooking pan and spread the cheese on them. Place it in the oven until it melts the cheese.
- Spread the cooked mixture on the French bread. Spread the parmesan on top and return it to the oven to brown it.
- Enjoy your awesome Crawfish Bread!!
Crawfish Pasta Recipe
I'm a big fan of Italian food, but you know that I love Cajun food the most. This fantastic crawfish pasta recipe does a great job at blending both of my favorite worlds together. You should enjoy this one!
Ingredients:
- 1 pound of Louisiana crawfish tails (nope, you can't use the Chinese junk!)
- 1 stick of real butter (no fake stuff!)
- 1 pint of half & half
- 5 cloves of chopped garlic
- 1 group of green onions chopped
- 1 teaspoon of Cajun seasoning
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
- 1 teaspoon of Tabasco
- 1 pound of cooked pasta (whatever kind you want to use)
Instructions:
- Melt the butter in your heavy skillet and saute the garlic and onions until they are soft.
- Add the Cajun seasoning, salt, pepper, tabasco, and half & half.
- Cook on medium heat for about 10 minutes until it thickens.
- Lower the heat to a low setting.
- Add the pasta and stir. Cook for another 5 minutes.
- Enjoy the great Cajun pasta! You can spice it up a bit with another dash or two of Tabasco (I do!).