date: 2020-09-19T04:44:05.867Z image: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/50289670/751x532cq70/crawfish-etouffe-recipe-main-photo.jpg thumbnail: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/50289670/751x532cq70/crawfish-etouffe-recipe-main-photo.jpg cover: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/50289670/751x532cq70/crawfish-etouffe-recipe-main-photo.jpg author: Evan Crawford ratingvalue: 4.8 reviewcount: 8349 recipeingredient: - "1 lb crawfish" - "1 salt pepper to taste" - "1 small onion diced small" - "1/2 cup margarine" - "1 tsp all purpose flour" - "1 tsp salt" - "1/2 tsp cayenne pepper" - "1 tbsp tomato paste" - "2 clove garlic minced" - "2 lemon slices" - "1 tbsp green onions diced small" - "1 tbsp fresh parsley roughly chopped" - "3/4 cup water" recipeinstructions: - "Season crawfish with salt and pepper and set aside." - "In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and saute onions until tender." - "Stir in flour and mix well." - "Add water, salt, cayenne, tomato paste, garlic, and lemon. Cook on medium-low for 20 minutes." - "Add a little more water if its too thick our starts to stick." - "Add crawfish and cover. Cook 8-10 minutes." - "Finally add green onions and parsley. Cook 2 minutes more." - "Serve over rice." categories: - Recipe tags: - crawfish - etouffe katakunci: crawfish etouffe nutrition: 152 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT32M" cooktime: "PT49M" recipeyield: "4" recipecategory: Dessert ---  Hey everyone, it's me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we're going to prepare a special dish, crawfish etouffe. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Here in Louisiana, there's nothing better than this classic during crawfish season. This recipe is easy and can be substituted with shrimp when crawfish are out of season. Crawfish Etouffee - a classic Louisiana dish with a buttery, rich and flavorful sauce with heaps of fresh crawfish tails and herbs and spices. Guaranteed to keep you wanting for seconds and even thirds! Crawfish Etouffe is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it's fast, it tastes delicious. It's appreciated by millions every day. Crawfish Etouffe is something which I've loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful. To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have crawfish etouffe using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that. ##### The ingredients needed to make Crawfish Etouffe: 1. Make ready 1 lb crawfish 1. Prepare 1 salt & pepper to taste 1. Prepare 1 small onion (diced small) 1. Take 1/2 cup margarine 1. Get 1 tsp all purpose flour 1. Prepare 1 tsp salt 1. Take 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 1. Make ready 1 tbsp tomato paste 1. Get 2 clove garlic (minced) 1. Take 2 lemon slices 1. Make ready 1 tbsp green onions (diced small) 1. Get 1 tbsp fresh parsley (roughly chopped) 1. Take 3/4 cup water This is the old fashion way to cook Crawfish Etouffee. Add the crawfish, garlic, and bay leaves and reduce the heat to medium. Learn how to make Crawfish Étouffée. The smell of Crawfish Etouffee or Shrimp Etouffee (my recipe), makes me more nostalgic for Louisiana than any other dish I can think of, even above Gumbo and Red Beans. ##### Instructions to make Crawfish Etouffe: 1. Season crawfish with salt and pepper and set aside. 1. In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and saute onions until tender. 1. Stir in flour and mix well. 1. Add water, salt, cayenne, tomato paste, garlic, and lemon. Cook on medium-low for 20 minutes. 1. Add a little more water if its too thick our starts to stick. 1. Add crawfish and cover. Cook 8-10 minutes. 1. Finally add green onions and parsley. Cook 2 minutes more. 1. Serve over rice. Learn how to make Crawfish Étouffée. The smell of Crawfish Etouffee or Shrimp Etouffee (my recipe), makes me more nostalgic for Louisiana than any other dish I can think of, even above Gumbo and Red Beans. Preheat fire to medium high heat. Serve your Crawfish Etouffee warm with a slice of garlic bread on the side. Crawfish Etouffee is a Cajun/Creole dish born out of Louisiana, a state known (and adored) for their abundance of crawfish. So that's going to wrap it up for this exceptional food crawfish etouffe recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I am confident you can make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!