Cajun Crawfish Bread Food

CAJUN CRAWFISH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Place bread halves, cut side up, on a baking sheet. Divide mayonnaise between bread halves, spreading evenly. Set aside. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add sweet onion, and cook until softened, 5 minutes. Add garlic, and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add crawfish, green onion, and parsley, stirring to combine. Cook until crawfish is heated through, about 5 minutes. Add Cajun seasoning and cream cheese. Remove from heat, and stir until cheese is incorporated. Divide mixture between bread halves, spreading evenly to cover. Top each half with cheeses and paprika. Bake until cheese has melted, about 15 minutes. Increase oven temperature to broil. Broil 6 inches from heat until cheese has browned, about 2 minutes. Top with parsley, if desired. Serve warm.

CRAWFISH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Rinse the crawfish. In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for a few minutes. Add the tomatoes, Cajun seasoning and crawfish. Saute for 1 minute. Remove from the heat.
• In a bowl, mix together the cheeses, mayonnaise and parsley. Add the tomato and crawfish mixture to the mayo mixture.
• Cut the loaf of bread in half and then cut the bread lengthwise. Spoon the mixture on the bread and bake for 10 to 15 minutes. Then broil for an additional 3 to 5 minutes. Watch closely, as not to burn. Cut the bread into individual portions.

CAJUN CRAWFISH CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Combine in large bowl, cornmeal, salt and soda
• In separate bowl, beat eggs
• Add crawfish, peppers, onions, cheese, oil and corn to eggs
• Combine egg mixture with cornmeal and mix well
• Pour into a greased 12x14" baking dish and bake at 375 degrees for 55 minutes or until golden brown.

CRAWFISH CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Stir together cornmeal, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. In another bowl, beat together the eggs, onion, green pepper, pimentos, vegetable oil, Cheddar cheese, cream-style corn, jalapeno pepper, crawfish tails, seasoned salt, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder until the mixture is well combined. Pour the crawfish mixture into the cornmeal mixture, and stir together. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cornbread is lightly golden brown, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Allow to rest for about 10 minutes before serving.

CAJUN CRAWFISH-STUFFED FRENCH BREAD

Steps:

• Melt butter in medium saucepan on medium high heat. Add onions, bell pepper, and celery and saute' for 5 minutes.
• Add cayenne pepper, black pepper, paprika, and garlic and stir well. Stir in white wine and seafood stock, bring to a boil and then reduce heat to low.
• Add crawfish tails and salt and mix well. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. If using shrimp, don't add until the last 5 minutes of the 20.
• Gradually add cream cheese until melted, stirring often and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add green onions and parsley and a little more white wine if mixture is too thick.
• Cut bread in half and scoop out center portion of French bread loaf. Fill bottom portion with crawfish mixture. Place top half on top, brush with melted butter and bake in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.