Crawfish Etouffee Tips

I rinse the bags with a few T of water. I also finish with minced parsley and a little green onion. And I don’t overlook the tails.

Is the purée for color? We did not traditionally use tomatoes in etouffee.

Do none of this..

In a blk iron pot brown down way too many onions in bacon grease or what ever ya got season the onions it helps with the browning once they cook way down and reduce and brown nicely add a lil water and ya other seasonings like garlic bell pepper mushrooms etc. let that simmer good add ya crawfish wince all the fat outa the bag the orange fat is what makes it special. Serve over rice with green onion and parsley. If ya wanna make it thicker use a corn starch slurry But Etouffee is posed to be a caramelized onion gravy

I posted a full recipe a while back but

Make butter and flower roux
Once roux is med brown add trinity and garlic. Sauté then add a little tomatoes or rotel. Cook down

Add seafood stock to make slurry, once slurry is really mushy add seafood stock, cut to low and let cook for 45 minutes. Season at this time a little salty it ok

Add crawfish cook for 5 minutes and serve

ETA: serve with green onion and fresh crack black pepper

I think a few of y'all may be confusing a crawfish stew and a crawfish étouffée

My etouffee is old old school....the original version that appears in Acadiana in the middle of the 20th century. The origin story of crawfish etouffee has been recorded and reported pretty extensively....google and learn.

Unlike Otis, I never rinse crawfish tails. Too much flavor loss in my opinion. Mileage for others may differ.

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Unlike Otis, I never rinse crawfish tails. Too much flavor loss in my opinion. Mileage for others may differ.

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GG! I rinse the empty bags, not the crawfish!!!

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GG! I rinse the empty bags, not the crawfish!!!

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It was late. I had a toothache and was on a pain drug. I couldn't read or comprehend as well as I thought, apparently. I remember thinking that was awfully strange for you!!! I agree on getting every little bit of juice from the bags.