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