date: 2020-11-11T06:46:09.576Z 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: Jennie Lopez ratingvalue: 4.8 reviewcount: 34904 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: 171 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT29M" cooktime: "PT42M" recipeyield: "2" recipecategory: Dinner ---  Hey everyone, I hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, crawfish etouffe. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Crawfish Etouffe is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it's fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Crawfish Etouffe is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic. 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! To get started with this particular recipe, we must 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. Take 1 lb crawfish 1. Prepare 1 salt & pepper to taste 1. Make ready 1 small onion (diced small) 1. Make ready 1/2 cup margarine 1. Take 1 tsp all purpose flour 1. Prepare 1 tsp salt 1. Make ready 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 1. Make ready 1 tbsp tomato paste 1. Get 2 clove garlic (minced) 1. Get 2 lemon slices 1. Get 1 tbsp green onions (diced small) 1. Take 1 tbsp fresh parsley (roughly chopped) 1. Make ready 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 this up with this special food crawfish etouffe recipe. Thanks so much for reading. I'm confident that you will make this at home. There is gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don't forget to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!