Lauris Crawfish Shrimp Chowder Food

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.

SIMPLE SHRIMP CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the onion, celery, carrot and red pepper in butter for 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in flour until blended; gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Add the shrimp, potatoes, broth, corn, seafood seasoning and thyme. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until heated through. If desired, top with additional minced fresh thyme.

LAURI'S CRAWFISH & SHRIMP CHOWDER

Steps:

• You will need a large skillet. Saute' chopped onion ( I use a bag of regular frozen onions), and mushrooms in butter. Add garlic salt to taste.
• Add in thawed and rinsed tails & Shrimp. Season with Tony's and pepper.
• Add soup, cream style corn, half and half, cream cheese, and the roll of garlic cheese. Mix and stir all together until heated and blended well.
• Note: This is great for cold days. You can serve over rice with garlic bread. Or just put it in a bread bowl! It also freezes well.

CAJUN CRAWFISH AND SHRIMP ÉTOUFFéE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Gradually stir in flour, and stir constantly until the mixture turns 'peanut butter' brown or darker, at least 15 or 20 minutes. I use a large fork with the flat side to the bottom of the pan in a side to side motion. This is your base sauce or 'roux'. It is very important to stir this constantly. If by chance the roux burns, discard and start over.
• Once the roux is browned, add the onions, garlic, celery and bell pepper to the skillet, and saute for about 5 minutes to soften. Stir in the chopped tomatoes and fish stock, and season with the seafood seasoning. Reduce heat to low, and simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Season the sauce with hot pepper sauce and cayenne pepper (if using), and add the crawfish and shrimp. Cook for about 10 minutes, or until the shrimp are opaque.

CAJUN SHRIMP CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large pot heat olive oil.
• Add peppers, celery, onion and garlic and saute until tender, around 5 minutes.
• Mix in crushed tomatoes, wine and water.
• Bring to a boil, add Old Bay Seasoning, cayenne, salt and black pepper.
• Cover and simmer for 35 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add shrimp, cover and simmer for 5 minutes, then remove from heat.
• Garnish with green onions.

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.