crawfish bisque

Pace, FL
Updated on Sep 1, 2011

Great on a cold night

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yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup oil
  • 5 medium onions, chopped
  • 2 - stalks celery, chopped
  • 1 - (16-ounce) can whole tomatoes, chopped
  • 1/4 cup tomato sauce
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 3 pounds peeled crawfish tails, ground
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • - bread crumbs
  • - salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper, to taste
  • 15 - cleaned crawfish heads
  • BISQUE
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 cups oil
  • 4 - onions, chopped
  • 3 - stalks, celery chopped
  • 4 - cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 - bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 - (16-ounce) can whole tomatoes, chopped
  • 6 quarts water
  • - salt and cayenne pepper, to taste
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 2 pounds peeled crawfish tails

How To Make crawfish bisque

  • Step 1
    Make a light brown roux with flour and oil; add onions, garlic, celery, tomatoes and tomato sauce and cook, stirring constantly, about 15 minutes.
  • Step 2
    Add 3/4 cup of butter and cook an additional 5 minutes. Add ground crawfish tails and water and simmer 20 minutes.
  • Step 3
    Remove from heat and cool about 20 minutes; add salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper and enough bread crumbs to make mixture stiff.
  • Step 4
    Stuff crawfish heads and sprinkle tops with bread crumbs; bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
  • Step 5
    To serve, place stuffed heads in a large soup bowl and pour Bisque gravy over the top; serve with cooked rice.
  • Step 6
    BISQUE
  • Step 7
    Make a roux with flour and oil; add onions, celery, garlic, bell pepper and tomatoes and cook for about 7 minutes over medium heat, stirring constantly.
  • Step 8
    Add water, salt and cayenne pepper; bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer for about 45 minutes.
  • Step 9
    Add 3/4 cup of butter and simmer 20 minutes; add crawfish tails and continue cooking for about 15 minutes.
  • Step 10
    Serve with hot fresh, french bread

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