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What does the FDB think of this etouffe recipe?

Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:17 am
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
18562 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:17 am
Ingredients:

1 lb of peeled crawfish tails
1 large, whole yellow onion, diced
1 large bellpepper, diced
2 cans cream of chicken soup concentrate
1 whole stick of unsalted butter

Combine all ingredients in crock pot and cook on low for 6-7 hours (until crawfish and bellpeppers are fully cooked.

Posted by TigerHam85
59-024 Kamehameha Highway
Member since Nov 2009
31493 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:19 am to
that's not an étouffée.

Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50283 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:20 am to
Posted by greenwave
Member since Oct 2011
3878 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:23 am to
Nasty
Posted by patnuh
South LA
Member since Sep 2005
6767 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:27 am to
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until crawfish and bellpeppers are fully cooked.


Besides the rest of the recipe being terrible, there is a 99.9% chance that the tails are already cooked.
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:30 am to
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2 cans cream of chicken soup concentrate
Nice sodium bomb of flavor.
Posted by Bear Is Dead
Monroe
Member since Nov 2007
4696 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:56 am to
Thats turrible
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
14077 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 9:08 am to
How about:

1 lb of peeled Louisiana crawfish tails
Diced trinity plus garlic (at least a cup, could use more)
1/2 stick of butter (add more if needed, but start with this)
Some half n half.
Slap Ya Tony's (whatever seasoning blend you prefer)

Saute the veg in butter until tender. Season the crawfish and add to the pan. Make sure to pour a little water into the bag that the crawfish were in and get all of the orange stuff out and into the pan. Stir to incorporate. After five minutes, hit it with some half n half. Low simmer for a few minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings. Voila!

Crawfish etouffee made with a pound of peeled tails shouldn't take very long to cook.

Even better than this would be to use leftover boiled crawfish and make sure to harvest lots of orange goo from the head. That's the best etoufee ever, imo.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117769 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 9:09 am to
I hope that's ketchup over everything in the OP.
Posted by Rohan2Reed
Member since Nov 2003
75674 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 9:26 am to
quote:

What does the FDB think of this etouffe recipe?


I don't speak for the entire board, but if you care to address to question to myself personally I'd say that that étouffée looks like complete shite.
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
18562 posts
Posted on 6/6/14 at 2:11 pm to
Here's where I got it:

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Some great comments:

OP:
quote:

I'm full-blood Cajun and I've heard of the trinity, but my family never cooks with celery. I got this particular recipe from my grandmother who grew up on a rice farm. This (sans the cream of chicken) was how they ate it since forever.


quote:

Speaking as a Louisiana expat, this is a recipe I need! Thank you sir or madam, thank you.


quote:

Any cream of "x" works.
Alternatively, you can keep it out entirely and just add some flour to thicken it up.


OP Again:
quote:

I'm not from NOLA, so this would look absolutely foreign to you. If you showed up to one of my family gatherings with any of those recipes a fight would break out.
Seriously, Louisiana has a lot of diverse food regions. This recipe, sans the canned cream of chicken, has been in my family for a really long time, and we've been in Louisiana for a really long time (since we got booted from Nova Soctia). I wouldn't say this recipe is "pitiful" as much as I would say it's not creole.
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