re: Post your favorite soup recipe

This came from a restaurant on College Drive next to the old Wilson's (now gone). Forget the name of the place. But their Cream of Crawfish soup was TOP SHELF!!

Do all the prep work beforehand--its labor intensive and needs constant stirring! Very rich, and fairly expensive to make.

But I have seen grown-arse Yankee men scrape the crust of the bottom of the soup pot. No lie!

Cream of Crawfish Soup

• ¼ # Butter
• ½ c Onions Chopped Fine
• ½ c Flour
• 1# Crawfish Tails
• ½ Bunch Green Onions
• 2c Half and Half
• 2c Whipping Cream
• 2c Rich Chicken Stock
• 2t Red Pepper (I normally half this for visitors)
• 2t Garlic Powder
• 2t Onion Powder

Grind crawfish tails and green onions in processor. Set aside.

Melt butter, add grated onion, sauté 5 minutes.

Add flour, stirring to mix. Cook approx 2 minutes till thick.

Add hot chicken stock, stirring to combine. Simmer 5 minutes, stir constantly.

Add ground crawfish tails and green onions to soup base. Mix well and simmer 5 minutes stirring constantly, making sure mixture does not stick.

Add Half and Half and cream. Simmer on low 5 minutes.

Add seasonings, stirring to combine. Cut off heat

Serves 8-10.