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Cajun Crawfish Bisque Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • After you have had a crawfish boil .Take the heads of the crawfish and clean out all keeping the back shell to make the boulettes for this dish.(although you can make this dish with out the boulettes ) Need to make the boulettes first and set aside till you are ready to bake then place into Bisque..
  • To make gravy: Grind onions, garlic ,japaleno peppers and parsley.
  • (In making the gravy part I do this like I would make my Crawfish etouffee..then adding the roux.. I wanted to say this because it makes it easier to understand the steps...)
  • use the jar of Savoy Roux or
  • (Make roux with oil and flour.
  • Stir constantly until browned. )
  • Add ground seasonings. onions, garlic, parsely, Tomatos ,japalenos
  • Cook on low fire abt. 30 min.
  • add some of crawfish and crawfish fat. (about 1 cup)
  • Cook about. 30 min or alittle more.
  • Add hot water and let cook on low fire.
  • Add ground crawfish tails, add salt and pepper.
  • add boulettes if they are baked at this time.
  • Cook on high fire about. 20 min.
  • Add baked crawfish heads.
  • Cook on low fire abt. 1 hr.
  • More hot water may be added if too thick.
  • Stir carefully.
  • To make stuffing for heads: Grind onions, garlic and parsley.
  • crawfish and ground seasonings Add crawfish fat and eggs.
  • Mix in bread crumbs, salt and pepper. Stuff heads.
  • Dip the stuffed part of head in flour (or extra bread crumbs can be used )and place on cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 20 min in 400 F. oven.
  • after they are baked place into your pot of gravy mixture let cook with the crawfish roux.
  • Serve with Rice......

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  • betty_boop 11 years ago
    Thank you for the comments .. in fact I made this one today... yummy!!
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    " It was excellent "
    rottman ate it and said...
    This is one of the all day recipes, isn't it... I love it.

    Crayfish are a seasonal item here. Although there is a farm over on the eastern shore of Maryland that grows them, they've only recently begun to appear in the local fish counters.

    Thanks.
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    " It was excellent "
    txbackyardcook ate it and said...
    AWESOME! A PERFECT 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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    " It was excellent "
    donman ate it and said...
    This sounds awesome! I will definitely be fixing this one. I give it my five. Thanks for the post :)
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