Made a nice etoufee using John Folse recipe. This is very good on its own.
I got an extra lb of crawfish for a little lagniappe. Milk/egg/mustard wash, dredged in store brand fish fry, deep fried.
These crispy little nuggets were delicious on their own, and added a nice little texture pop to the etoufee.
Would recommend.

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Posted by oreeg

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Posted on 4/15/22 at 9:10 am to Chipand2Putts

Never saw the appeal of fried crawfish. You’re essentially cooking them twice

Edit: unless you’re frying them raw. Do u see anyone frying boiled shrimp

This post was edited on 4/15/22 at 10:38 am

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Posted by PenguinPubes

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Posted on 4/15/22 at 9:17 am to oreeg

People fry everything. I remember when At the state fair they were selling fried snicker bars lol

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Posted by SixthAndBarone

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Posted on 4/15/22 at 11:28 am to PenguinPubes

Fried crawfish aren’t good.

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Posted by tigerfoot

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Posted on 4/15/22 at 12:01 pm to SixthAndBarone

Fried crawfish are the best. But as previous poster said, you gotta peel em uncooked. That and a light, light batter of 50/50 meal and flour, salt and pepper. Delicous, heavy batter, or cooking cooked ones, not as good.

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Posted by tigers1956

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Posted on 4/15/22 at 5:33 pm to tigerfoot

I agree…

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Posted by Tigerpaw123

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Posted on 4/15/22 at 5:42 pm to oreeg

The peeled crawfish tails you buy are only partially cooked so they fry good and frying the ones after a boil is no different than frying crab fingers, just a light dusting and a flash fry to cook the breading and warm the product, it is all good

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Posted by Darla Hood

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Posted on 4/15/22 at 8:05 pm to SixthAndBarone

quote:
Fried crawfish aren’t good.

You’re right. They’re not good, they’re scrumptious.

Keeping the egg/water mixture icy cold is key when prepping to fry. It’s been a minute since I’ve fried them, but back in the day it was my husband’s favorite way to eat crawfish. Now it’s boiled. I’ve never fried “after the boil” crawfish.

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