No chili tonight, crawfish etouffee instead!

[tellico4x4]

 

[Mud Creek]

It's too early to be so hungry for something like this! Looks great!

 

[Jcalder]

We need some details on that

 

[Buzzard Breath]

Its a good weekend for that!

 

[waterman]

O YEAH!!!!!!

 

[EastTNHunter]

Jealous. I was in Arkansas last summer at Daisy Nationals and some folks from the Louisiana team were cooking up a big batch and giving it out. Oh my, it was g-u-d!!! I'm not a crawfish fan per se, but in etouffee it is incredible!

 

[MusicCityCajun]

Love it! We made some crawfish etouffee over fried catfish fillets last night. Doesn't get any better than that!

 

[younggun308]

I have gotten to where I make gumbo just as I like it…but I'm going to need some guidance on this. Love etouffee about as much, but haven't made it. What's different in the process, other than adding the crawfish late in the process?

 

[MusicCityCajun]

I have gotten to where I make gumbo just as I like it…but I'm going to need some guidance on this. Love etouffee about as much, but haven't made it. What's different in the process, other than adding the crawfish late in the process?

Etouffee is much thicker. Instead of adding water until soupy, I add just enough chicken broth to thin it to a saucy consistency. And in the etouffee I add about 4-6 oz of crushed tomatoes, which I don't put any tomato in my gumbo.

 

[agelessssone]

Walleye filets here.
White beans
Pickled beet slices
Wife made corn pone
Lots of white wine (Moscato)

 

[BMan]

Man, that looks good...

 

[agelessssone]

Man, that looks good...

Yessir, it was delicious.
Venison stew with homemade foccacia bread tonight. Again, another fantastic dinner.
My wife is an awesome and innovative cook.

 

[younggun308]

Etouffee is much thicker. Instead of adding water until soupy, I add just enough chicken broth to thin it to a saucy consistency. And in the etouffee I add about 4-6 oz of crushed tomatoes, which I don't put any tomato in my gumbo.

See now it's funny you say that, because I make my gumbo to a "gravy" consistency instead of a soup—and I make it "creole" style with tomatoes.

Guess I'd just need to make it a tad thicker, and hold the okra.

 

[J.A.F.O.]

Yessir, it was delicious.
Venison stew with homemade foccacia bread tonight. Again, another fantastic dinner.
My wife is an awesome and innovative cook.

Did you say HOMEMADE FOCCACIA?!?! Oh my my and with deer stew….that's some five star eats right there.

 

[tellico4x4]

Etouffee is much thicker. Instead of adding water until soupy, I add just enough chicken broth to thin it to a saucy consistency. And in the etouffee I add about 4-6 oz of crushed tomatoes, which I don't put any tomato in my gumbo.

Roux needs to be light peanut butter color instead of chocolate like gumbo. Only veggies I use are onion, bell pepper, celery & garlic. Green onions & fresh parsley optional. Crawfish tails added last 5 minutes.

Note: on this batch I did add some tomato paste kinda Ralph & Kaccos style, but doubt I will again. Better w/o tomato taste imo.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Roux needs to be light peanut butter color instead of chocolate like gumbo. Only veggies I use are onion, bell pepper, celery & garlic. Green onions & fresh parsley optional. Crawfish tails added last 5 minutes.

Note: on this batch I did add some tomato paste kinda Ralph & Kaccos style, but doubt I will again. Better w/o tomato taste imo.

Do you use chicken stock instead? I've never made it, but browsing several recipes on the web, they used some type of stock or broth.

 

[tellico4x4]

Do you use chicken stock instead? I've never made it, but browsing several recipes on the web, they used some type of stock or broth.

Yes, chicken broth

 

[Oldschool]

Trying my luck at making it today for the first time. Looked up several recipes on the internet. Can you use shrimp and crawfish in the same batch?

 

[waterman]

I've had shrimp and I've had crawfish.even had it with chicken . Never the two combined. Can't imagine it would be bad though

 

[MusicCityCajun]

How did it turn out Oldschool? I see no reason why you couldn't throw both meats in… the Cajun way is "if you have it, throw it in there" haha.
We had an extra pack of crawfish tails already defrosted from last weekend so we made a crawfish pie tonight. It was delicious.