re: After The Boil Soup - (At Your Requests, Recipie Added)

Eazy E's After The Boil Soup

From Crawfish Boil:
1-2 lbs Peeled, Deveined Crawfish (qty varies)
1-2 lb Sliced Red Potatoes
6-8 Ears Corn (Cut off Cob)
12-24 Large Crawfish Claws
Diced Mushrooms (I like, but wife prefers not)
Sliced Sausage (I like, but Wife prefers not)


1 Cup Finely Chopped White Onion
1/4 Tsp Ground Red Pepper
5-6 Cups 2% Reduced Fat Milk
1 Cup Half-and-Half
5 Thyme Sprigs
4 Tbsp Finely Chopped Chives
1.5 Tbsp Chopped Fresh Thyme
2 Tbsp Salt, divided
1 Tsp Freshly Ground Black Pepper
1-2 Tbsp Butter


Cut corn off the cob, slice potatoes, dice green onions, chives - set aside.
(Wife adds 1 Tsp Cayenne, Makes very spicey)

Place 1 cup of corn in food processer, process until smooth.

Sautee Onion in butter until limp, add salt and red pepper. Stir in potatoes, remaining corn kernals, pureed corn, milk, half and half, and SPRIGS of thyme; bring to a simmer. Cook 20-30 minutes. Add black pepper.

Discard thyme sprigs from soup. Stir in chives, green onions, crawfish, crawfish claws (Mushrooms, Sausage, and Cayenne if used)

Taste. Adjust if necessary (heat will continue to grow with peppers).

Simmer 15 minutes.


Serve.