How many lbs of crawfish per person for crawfish bisque?

Gonna have sides? How big of a serving are you looking for?

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6-7 lbs

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PP?

That's a whole lot of bisque!

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6-7 lbs

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Of tails, right?

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Gonna have sides? How big of a serving are you looking for?

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Yea, I'll have potato salad, a vegetable, and bread. It's kids mixed with adults, but all the kids are in at least high school.

So, for a 12 - 16 oz serving, I think you need about 1/4 pound of tails in the bisque and 3 or 4 stuffed heads. That would be 5 pounds of tails for the bisque and 1 or 2 pounds for the stuffing.

I agree, 6 or 7 pounds.

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If this enough if I want to get live crawfish and boil them first?

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You need 8 lbs of live for each lb of tails, so you'd need about 48 - 56 lbs live.

Your bisque will be way better because you get to use the "fat", but it will be a LOT more work.

Just save the yellow stuff as you peel the boiled crawfish. It can be blended right into the bisque.

Here's a recipe from the Time-Life Foods of the World Cajun/Creole Cookbook, one of the best Louisiana cookbooks according to Gene Bourg:






This only serves 6, but you can work from there. I would leave the crawfish that goes in the bisque whole, as opposed to chopping.

I like the idea of boiling the crawfish with the intention of using that water to make stock for your bisque. With that crawfish flavored stock and some of the fat, I think this recipe is a can't miss.

Double post.