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Crawfish Etouffee

Etouffee is a rich, flavorful dish usually served over hot white rice. The creamy texture and bold flavors make this dish extremely popular in the French Quarter of New Orleans. This recipe uses crawfish, but shrimp could be easily substituted.

Recipe courtesy Treva Chadwell for Cooking Channel

Photo: Crawfish Etouffee

TOTAL TIME: 50 min
Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 40 min
 
YIELD: 4 servings
LEVEL: Easy

ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning
  • 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves, chopped
  • 3 stalks celery, diced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 1 medium green bell pepper, diced
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 pound crawfish tails
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 1/2 cups fish stock or water
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • Louisiana-style hot sauce, to taste
  • 1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves, roughly chopped
  • 3 scallions, white and green parts, sliced
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • Kosher salt
  • Hot cooked white rice, for serving
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Directions

1. Melt the butter over medium heat in a large heavy pot. Add the Creole seasoning, thyme, celery, bay leaves, onions and bell peppers and cook until the vegetables are soft, about 15 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, until well incorporated and beginning to caramelize, 2 minutes. Stir in the crawfish tails and cook until they release their liquid, 2 minutes. Sprinkle in the flour, stir until it is absorbed and cook until thickened, 1 minute. Slowly whisk in the fish stock, and then add the vinegar, Worcestershire and hot sauce. Bring to a simmer, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until thickened and the flavors have developed, 15 minutes.

2. Just before serving, stir in the half of the parsley and half of the scallions and simmer 3 minutes more. Add the lemon juice and season with salt. Serve over hot cooked white rice garnished with the remaining parsley and scallions.

Notes

Cook's Note: Using frozen crawfish tails makes this recipe fast and easy, but if you can get live crawfish, the flavor can't be beat. Cook the live crawfish in a large pot of boiling water for about 15 minutes, separate the tails and extract the meat. Use some of the boiling liquid in place of the fish stock or water.

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