Crawfish Pirogue

Description

It’s yummy! My husband and son love it. I got the etouffee recipe from a Cajun friend of mine. It’s quick and simple. I decided to serve in a bread boat to recreate a favorite dish from a local restaurant. I serve it with a salad.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound peeled crawfish tails
  • 1 ½ tablespoons Creole seasoning, or to taste
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper, finely chopped
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1 cup water, or to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 3 small bread loaves

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Toss crawfish tails with Creole seasoning in a bowl.
  3. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and green bell pepper; cook and stir until soft
  4. about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic. Thin mixture with 1 cup water. Stir in crawfish tails; season with black pepper.
  5. Whisk cornstarch with 2 tablespoons water in a small bowl until smooth. Pour into the saucepan
  6. stirring constantly
  7. until crawfish mixture thickens
  8. about 5 minutes.
  9. Cut tops off bread loaves; hollow out center to create a “boat.” Place bread loaves on a baking sheet; spoon crawfish mixture into the center.
  10. Bake in the preheated oven until bread is warm and lightly toasted
  11. about 10 minutes.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 4

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