Best Crawfish Meatballs Recipes

CRAWFISH BALLS

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These Crawfish Balls are chock full of crawfish and deep fried to a golden brown perfection. They taste delicious and are spicy and flavorful.

Provided by Kim Seghers

Categories Dinner

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 pound cooked, peeled, & thawed crawfish tails or shrimp
1 1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 large onion, chopped
2 eggs
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
Louisiana crawfish Shrimp & crab boil seasoning (from bag)
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup chopped green onions
All Purpose flour
Cooking oil

Steps:

In a medium pot warm crawfish thoroughly on low heat. Stir in 1 teaspoon of Louisiana crawfish boil mix (I used 1 tablespoon because I like it spicy) use up to 1 tablespoon if you want it spicy. Remove crawfish from heat once warmed. Stir in lemon juice, mix well and set aside.
Chop onion, garlic, and green onion in food processoror chopper
Using a strainer to drain all the liquid from the crawfish, once drained then place crawfish in the food processor on top of the chopped vegetable
Chop the crawfish up into pieces be careful not to make the crawfish mushy; they should be chunky.
Pour the crawfish mixture into a large mixing bowl, add remaining ingredients. Chop the parsley with a knife.
Mix ingredients well with clean hands or use gloves.
Shape crawfish mixture into golf size balls. Place on a cookie sheet. Should make 20 balls.
Roll balls in flour. I stirred in 1 teaspoon of garlic powder into the flour. Heat cooking oil in deep fryer to 350 degrees. Fry 3-4 balls at a time in deep fryer until brown. Please be careful when cooking with hot oil.
Once crawfish balls are brown, carefully remove them with a slotted spoon and place onto a cookie sheet lined with paper towels. Serve warm and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 461, Sugar 5.3 g, Sodium 430.9 mg, Fat 5.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, TransFat 0 g, Carbohydrate 59.6 g, Fiber 3.7 g, Protein 40.3 g, Cholesterol 137.3 mg

CRAWFISH MEATBALLS

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THESE ARE SOOOOOOOOO GOOD

Provided by FANNIE MCCOY

Categories Seafood Appetizers

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 lb shelled crawfish tails or shrimp, cooked
1/4 c chopped green onions
2 clove garlic,minced
1 egg,beaten
1/3 c fine dry bread crumbs
2 Tbsp milk
1/2 tsp ground red pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 c fine dry bread crumbs
shortening or cooking oil for frying

Steps:

1. DEVEIN CRAWFISH OR SHRIMP .CHOP INTO SMALL PIECES.TOSS WITH GREEN ONIONS AND GARLIC.
2. ADD EGG,1/3CUP OF BREAD CRUMBS,MILK,RED PEPPER,AND SALT.MIX WELL.SHAPE MIXTURE INTO BALLS,USING ABOUT 1 TABLESPOON MIXTURE FOR EACH.
3. ROLL BALLS IN BREAD CRUMBS.IN A HEAVY SAUCEPAN OR DEEP-FAT FRYER HEAT ABOUT 2INCHES MELTED SHORTENING OR COOKING OIL TO 375*FRY BALLS IN HOT OIL.A FEW AT A TIME, FOR 30 TO 60 SECONDS OR JUST TILL GOLDEN.
4. REMOVE AND DRAIN ON PAPER TOWELS. KEEP WARM IN A 325*OVEN WHILE FRYING REMAINDER.

CRAWFISH BALLS

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These would be good for any party - football, Mardi Gras, a holiday party, etc. I really liked that these are baked not fried. The sweet crawfish tails mixed with the onions and parsley is perfect. By rolling in the bread crumbs before baking, they come out of the oven with a slight crust. Delish!

Provided by Dina Breaux

Categories Seafood

Time 1h20m

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

2 lb crawfish tails, peeled
1 medium onion, finely chopped
4 slice bread
1/4 c finely chopped parsley
1/4 c finely chopped green onions
salt and pepper to taste
1 c plain bread crumbs
1 egg

Steps:

1. Grind crawfish, onions and bread together. Add egg, parsley, and green onions and mix thoroughly.
2. Season with salt and pepper and mix. Shape mixture into quarter-sized balls. Roll balls lightly in bread crumbs.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Makes about 3 1/2 dozen.