Grannie’s Traditional Crawfish Etouffee
(from AngelaE’s recipe box)
The world’s BEST etouffee!
Source: Grannie (Ocie Leveque)
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes
Serves 8 people
Categories: Crawfish
Ingredients
- 3 TBSP bacon fat or canola oil
- 1 1/2 cups minced onions
- 1 cup minced celery
- 3/4 cup minced green bell pepper
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 1 TBSP mild paprika
- 1/4 tsp ground white pepper
- 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1/8 tsp ground cayenne
- Salt as needed
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups fish or chicken broth, or as needed
- 1 1/4 pound crawfish tail meat with fat
- 3 TBSP butter
- 1 cup thinly sliced scallions
- 1/4 cup basil
- 2 TBSP parsley, chopped
Directions
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Heat the bacon fat (or canola oil) over
- medium heat until it shimmers.
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Add onion and saute, until translucent.
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Add celery, bell pepper, and garlic.
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Cover and cook over low heat stirring
- occasionally, until tender.
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Add paprika, white and black pepper,
- cayenne and 1/2 tsp of salt.
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Saute, for about 1 minute.
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Sprinkle the flour over the mixture, stir
- constantly until the mixture is thick.
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Add the broth and stir well to work out any
- lumps.
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Simmer over medium heat.
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Add crawfish and their fat, cover pot and
- cook over very low heat; 8-10 minutes.
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Add a little more broth as needed throughout
- the cooking time if the etouffee is getting
- too thick.
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Season to taste with additional salt and
- pepper.
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Add the butter, green onions, basil and
- parsley and stir to combine.
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Serve over rice.