Best Louisiana Crawfish Pasta Casserole Recipes

LOUISIANA CRAWFISH PASTA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Melt butter in pan, cook vegetables until tender. Add milk, can of tomatos, can of soup, and crawfish, and bring to a boil. Simmer about 15 minutes.
• Remove from heat and melt velveeta cheese into mixture. (works better if cheese is in chunks).
• Mix in cooked pasta, and place all in baking dish. You can put cheddar cheese and/or breadcrumbs on top, or leave it plain.
• Bake in oven at 350° for 25 minutes or until done.

LOUISIANA CRAWFISH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except cheeses and pour into a large greased casserole.
• Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• Uncover and sprinkle cheeses over casserole.
• Return to oven and bake for 15 minutes more.

RICHARD AND SUZANNE'S LOUISIANA CRAWFISH PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until al dente, 8 to 10 minutes; drain.
• While the pasta cooks, melt the butter in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the garlic in the butter 1 to 2 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Stir in the yellow onion and 1/2 tablespoon red pepper flakes; cook until the yellow onion becomes translucent. Add the crawfish tails; cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring continually; transfer the crawfish to a bowl, leaving as many onions as possible in the skillet.
• Pour the heavy cream into the skillet and bring to a boil; reduce heat to low, and simmer until thickened. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 tablespoon red pepper flakes into the cream, return the crawfish to the sauce and simmer 2 to 3 minutes. Serve sauce over the drained pasta; garnish with chopped green onion.

LOUISIANA CRAWFISH LINGUINE

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in a large pot of well salted boiling water for about 8 minutes. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup of the pasta water. Toss back in pot with olive oil and 1/4 cup pasta water and cover for later.
• In a large saute pan, melt the butter over medium heat and sweat the onions until translucent (5 minutes or so).
• Add the Garlic, paprika, black pepper, oregano, thyme salt, and cayenne. Cook an additional minute.
• Add the broth (or pasta water) and turn heayt up to high. Cook until mostly evaporated, then add the cream and lemon juice and cook until slightly reduced, stirring often.
• Lower heat to medium low and add the crawfish and cook another minute until warmed through.
• Add shallots and parsley, cook another minute, then add pasta and cool until warmed through.
• Remove pot from heat and add the Parmesan and incorporate well.
• Serve in large bowls with a dry white wine.

CREAMY CRAWFISH PASTA

Steps:

• Add butter to a Dutch oven, preferably cast iron, set over medium-high heat.
• Add onion, green pepper and celery. Cook until onion is opaque.
• Add garlic and cook until fragrant. Add crawfish and cook until heated through.
• Add cream and jalapeno cream cheese and cook until heated through and cream cheese is melted. Add your favorite Cajun seasoning, to taste. Stir in the parmesan to incorporate.
• Add prepared pasta and heat through. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until sauce is slightly thickened.
• Garnish with additional parmesan cheese.

LOUISIANA CRAWFISH (OR SHRIMP) CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 F. In heavy pot saute diced onions, celery and bell pepper in butter for about 10 minutes.
• 2. Stir in soup and minced garlic and remove from heat. Add crawfish, (or shrimp), rice, green onions, parsley and liquid crab boil and mix well. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
• 3. Pour mixture in a buttered casserole dish. For breadcrumb topping, mix melted butter and breadcrumbs together until all butter is absorbed. Lightly sprinkle over seafood mixture, not too heavy. If not using breadcrumbs, top with grated cheese of your choice if desired.
• 4. Bake for 30 minutes. If casserole has been refrigerated, bake for 50 minutes. If frozen back for 1 hour 15 minutes covered with foil and remove foil the last 30 minutes. When cheese is nice and golden and casserole is hot and bubbly then it's done. Freezes well. Recipe can be doubled. Cream of Shrimp is mild and very good in this casserole. Cream of mushroom or celery is a little stronger but still has a good flavor. If you like mushrooms or rotel or diced tomatoes, feel free to add them.

LOUISIANA CRAWFISH YA-YA PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly-salted water to a rolling boil; stir in the egg noodles and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through but is still firm to the bite, about 5 minutes. Drain well in a colander set in the sink.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the chopped onion, green pepper, garlic, and parsley. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the crawfish tails and Cajun seasoning; simmer 5 minutes longer.
• Pour in the heavy cream, mushrooms, and 1/2 cup of Cheddar cheese; stir until the cheese has melted. Toss the pasta with the crawfish sauce and green onions; sprinkle with the remaining Cheddar cheese.

CRAWFISH LOUISIANA STYLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Rinse crawfish tails good, boil your pasta for 3-5 minutes(don't overcook pasta will continue to cook once sauce is added)Saute in pan margarine and chopped green onions,add jar of roasted garlic & parmasan sauce plus 1 jar of milk & half of the cheese sauce,add your favorite seasoning to taste mines(garlic powder, onion powder, red pepper flakes, Tony's Chachere's creole seasonings) can of mushroon soup stir together making sure sauce doesn't stick, add crawfish tails cook for about 15minutes.
• 2. In Casserole Dish add strained Pasta(this dish can go with any pasta)add Crawfish sauce to pasta mixing well together in dish.Sprinkle Parmesan Cheese on the topof casserole allow to bake 20minutes.

CRAWFISH BAKED SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to a boil; add crawfish and boil until they turn bright red and claws are easily pulled off, 7 to 10 minutes. Peel and devein crawfish to yield about 1 pound.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil in the meantime. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat an 8x10-inch baking dish lightly with oil.
• Whisk cream of mushroom and chicken soups together in a medium saucepan with Cajun seasoning and garlic powder. Add 1 cup Cheddar cheese and continue whisking until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth and creamy.
• Mix spaghetti, tomatoes, and crawfish together in the prepared baking dish. Add the cheese sauce and mix thoroughly. Sprinkle top remaining Cheddar cheese and parsley.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and golden brown at the edges, about 35 minutes.