date: 2020-10-25T08:49:56.886Z 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: Helena Baldwin ratingvalue: 4.8 reviewcount: 33925 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: 216 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT14M" cooktime: "PT31M" recipeyield: "1" recipecategory: Dessert ---  Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, crawfish etouffe. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Crawfish Etouffe is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It's appreciated by millions every day. It's easy, it's fast, it tastes yummy. Crawfish Etouffe is something which I have loved my whole life. They're nice and they look wonderful. 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 recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. 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. Take 1 salt & pepper to taste 1. Prepare 1 small onion (diced small) 1. Prepare 1/2 cup margarine 1. Take 1 tsp all purpose flour 1. Prepare 1 tsp salt 1. Prepare 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 1. Prepare 1 tbsp tomato paste 1. Make ready 2 clove garlic (minced) 1. Get 2 lemon slices 1. Take 1 tbsp green onions (diced small) 1. Take 1 tbsp fresh parsley (roughly chopped) 1. Get 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 for this special food crawfish etouffe recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I am sure that you can make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don't forget to save this page in your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!