Crawfish Boil Chowder Food

CRAWFISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute green onions and garlic in butter until tender. Remove from pan and set aside. In the same skillet, melt 1/2 cup of butter and saute the crawfish for 5 minutes; set aside.
• In a large pot over medium heat, combine potato soup, mushroom soup, corn and cream cheese. Mix well, and bring to a slow boil. Stir in half-and-half, sauteed green onions and crawfish. Season with pepper and adjust with salt, if necessary. Bring to a low boil, and simmer 5 minutes to blend flavors.
• Top with crumbled bacon, if desired.

CRAWFISH CHOWDER WITH CRAWFISH BEIGNETS

Steps:

• In a heavy skillet over medium-high heat, cook the bacon until rendered. Add the butter, celery, onions, bell peppers and red pepper flakes. Cook together, stirring occasionally, until softened. Sprinkle the flour over the bacon and vegetables and stir together well. Cook for an additional 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and chicken stock. Bring to a boil, then simmer, stirring, until thickened slightly. Add the crawfish, parsley and scallions. Season the soup with salt and pepper. Serve with the Crawfish Beignets.
• Heat the oil in a deep-fryer over medium-high heat to 365 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs until frothy. Sprinkle the crawfish tails with the seafood seasoning and add to the eggs. Stir in the green onions, garlic, salt, flour, baking powder and milk. The mixture should be like a thick pancake batter.
• Using a large metal tablespoon, drop the beignet mixture into the oil and fry until crispy and golden brown, about 3 minutes. Do this in two batches. Using a slotted spoon, remove the beignets and drain on paper towels. Makes 16 beignets.

CRAWFISH BOIL CHOWDER

Steps:

• Make stock by peeling all your crawfish. Reserve tails for later, and throw all the peelings into a stock pot. Cover with about 8 cups water, bring to boil and simmer for about 20 minutes. Strain through fine mesh strainer and discard solids.
• Brown sausage in large stock pot, add onions and garlic, sauté til translucent. Add stock and bring to boil, simmer for 20-30 minutes.
• Add corn and potatoes, bring back to simmer. Add crawfish and cream, heat through. Check seasonings.
• Stir in parsley.
• Serve with hot bread and enjoy!

CRAWFISH BOIL

Steps:

• Place the crawfish in a large cooler, cover with cold water and add 1 cup of the salt. Allow the crawfish to purge in the salted water for 5 to 10 minutes. (This Southern tradition is said to remove mud and impurities before cooking.) Strain the crawfish and set aside.
• Fill a 42-quart stockpot fitted with a boil basket halfway with water. Add the crab and crawfish boil seasoning and remaining cup kosher salt. Then add the sausage, corn, onions, lemon juice and rinds, garlic, butter, thyme and bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Add the potatoes and boil until just cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Carefully add the crawfish to the stockpot and cook until they're bright red, about 8 minutes. Immediately remove from the heat and add the ice to the stockpot to halt the cooking. Allow the crawfish and other ingredients to sit in the iced water for 25 to 30 minutes (the longer the crawfish sit, the more flavorful they become).
• Pull the crawfish, sausage and vegetables from the water using the boil basket. Serve over newspaper spread out on a table and sprinkle with seafood boil seasoning.

CRAWFISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute green onions in butter until tender. Remove from pan, and set aside. In the same skillet, melt 1/2 cup of butter, and saute the crawfish for 5 minutes; set aside.
• In a large pot over medium heat, combine potato soup, mushroom soup, corn, and cream cheese. Mix well, and bring to a slow boil. Stir in half-and-half, sauteed green onions, and crawfish. Season with cayenne pepper. Bring to a low boil, and simmer 5 minutes to blend flavors.

CRAWFISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a frying pan; drain on paper towels and crumble when cooled slightly.
• Put the bacon grease in a dutch oven.
• Add in the butter, onions, celery and green onion; saute until soft.
• Add the shrimp stock, corn and potatoes.
• Bring to a boil and then simmer until the potatoes are tender.
• Add in the crawfish (and shrimp is using).
• Simmer until heated through.
• Add in the whipping cream and seasonings.
• Simmer about 10 minutes for the flavors to meld.
• Just before you get ready to serve, add in the butter, cayenne and parsley.
• Ladle into bowls and sprinkle each serving with the crumbled bacon.