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re: Frozen Crawfish Tails - What to do

Posted on 4/24/14 at 1:06 pm to
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
16240 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 1:06 pm to
Frozen crawfish tail meat, or with shells? If the meat is still in the shell, you can do just about any crawfish dish. Peel the tails and use the shells/legs for a stock.

If it's just meat, I'd fry em up, as someone recommended earlier. Or crawfish bread. You could do crawfish pie, but it wont have a strong crawfish flavor without some stock.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
57352 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 1:18 pm to
I have never fried tail meat that is already cooked.

We grew up peeling them live and then frying the meat....by far my favorite food
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
39843 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 1:42 pm to
quote:

We grew up peeling them live


Wait, wtf? I have never ever heard of this. The meat stays together well enough? Peeling live crawfish...even if you're trolling I'm trying this next time I have live crawfish. We boiled last night, wish I would have known.
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
137196 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 1:48 pm to
quote:

We grew up peeling them live and then frying the meat
that is some serial killer stuff right there
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
39843 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 1:51 pm to
Away from the women and children, and totally bleeding by the time you're done. I imagine dumping out a half sack onto a table and just smashing the carapaces with a hammer. People would shite.
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
137196 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 1:52 pm to
well is dropping them live into a boiling pot of water that much more socially acceptable?
Posted by oldcharlie8
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2012
7808 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 2:00 pm to
quote:

I was going to leave this alone (because I was hungry and didn't even want to think about it), but since everyone else has chimed in on it (and I've eaten lunch) I won't. fricking gross. I mean seriously why in the heavenly frick would you do that? Sounds like some shitty special at a Monroe restaurant from like 15 years ago.


you're a fricking moron. it's called a Cajun ribeye. and, you will only find it in restaurants in the heart of Acadiana.

Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
39843 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 2:03 pm to
Boudreaux's special board isn't quite the inventive cooking I'm attracted to. Sounds gross. No one has forced me to eat it, so IDGAF.
Posted by CITWTT
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2005
31765 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 2:13 pm to
I would try to find some fresh tails to mix with them for a preparation of pies/etouffee. The flavor palate of plain frozen tails is a bit screwy just to inform you.
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
9639 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 2:28 pm to
quote:

We grew up peeling them live

I once saw a chef dump a bunch of live crawfsh into the bowl of a food processor. Whiiiirr, whiiirr.

ON TV!
Posted by Valhalla
Member since Apr 2008
812 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 4:16 pm to
I'm in Boston. Finding fresh tails is mildly impossible. I'm definitely not paying to have them shipped up here fresh.



Posted by Valhalla
Member since Apr 2008
812 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 4:18 pm to
it's just the meat. Parents picked it up from Tony's and then went straight to the airport (with a cooler or course).

I'm thinking we are doing the crawfish bread for sure with one pound and possibly etouffee with the other.
Posted by TheSHU
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2010
1083 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 4:21 pm to
Sauteed Crawfish Tails

Sautee with butter, sherry, garlic pepper, black pepper. Put over piece of toast. Easy and delicious. Enjoy
Posted by AmosMosesAndTwins
Lake Charles
Member since Apr 2010
18084 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 4:26 pm to
If you have any boudin left, crawfish boudin bread.
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
9639 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 5:24 pm to
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crawfish boudin bread.


Posted by wallowinit
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
15181 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 9:17 pm to
Crawfish Spaghetti - if you make a good tomato gravy and meat balls, not a store-bought sauce. Make the gravy much more spicy than usual. Instead of meatballs add the crawfish to the gravy making sure to get every last molecule of crawfish fat out of the bag and into the pot and let cook until the crawfish are cooked. Turn it off and let it sit while you cook the noodles and prepare the side dishes.
Thank me later.
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
28990 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 9:29 pm to
Gaston is gay and the only human that wouldn't tear that up
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
48038 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 12:41 am to
Well, I'm not gay and I'm another human who doesn't care for étouffée atop a ribeye or any other meat or fish. I've seen it and tasted it. It really turns my stomach. Isn't my thing. I don't get it.

Crawfish remoulade on fried green tomatoes is good.

Posted by J311slx
Las Vegas
Member since Sep 2011
1978 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 1:54 am to
Etoufee on top of some fried catfish is bomb. Can't speak to topping a ribeye w it but sounds like something I'd try at least once
Posted by heypaul
The O-T Lounge
Member since May 2008
38167 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 7:39 am to
my wife usually does a couple crawfish pies, and homemade andouille, (&tasso), crawfish breakfast quiche.....

but then again, she's pretty awesome, and spoils us on fantastic dishes like that
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