CAJUN CRAWFISH ENCHILADAS
While this cajun lady was living in Corpus Christi I was challenged to cook up a mexican dish with crawfish for a pot luck dinner. Cajuns are known for what we have around us and try to make something great out of it. By the way...it was a winner.
Provided by Jerrie T
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 45m
Yield 15 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Preheat oven 325 degrees.
- In a 3-quart pot over medium high heat, melt 1/2-cup butter. Add onion and bell pepper. Cook and stir 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and cook an additional 5 minutes. Add cream cheese, oregano, cumin, 2 teaspoons Old Bay Seafood seasoning, Konriko Creole Seasoning, and parsley. Cook and stir 3 minutes. Add 1 cup whipping cream and cook 5 minutes. Set aside.
- In a large skillet over low-medium heat (too high heat will cause crawfish to become rubbery or hard), combine remaining ½-cup of butter and crawfish. Cook and stir 3 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons Old Bay Seafood seasoning, garlic powder and green onion. Cook an additional 2 minutes. (Drain, keeping liquid and set aside) Add to cream mixture and mix well. Spoon a portion of mixture in the center of each warm tortilla. Fold the tortilla in thirds and place seam side down in casserole dish.
- Mix liquid from crawfish with 1 cup whipping cream and cook for 3 minutes. Add remaining mixture of crawfish and stir.
- Spoon mixture over the tortilla and top with cheese.
- Bake at 325 for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Garnish with fresh parsley sprigs if desired.
CRAWFISH ENCHILADAS
Make and share this Crawfish Enchiladas recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ratherbeswimmin
Categories Crawfish
Time 50m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over med-high heat.
- Add in green onions and the next 6 ingredients; stir/sauté 5 minutes or until tender.
- Sprinkle flour over vegetables; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Gradually add milk, stirring with a whisk.
- Cook over med heat for about 8 minutes or until thick, stirring constantly.
- Stir in salt and the next 4 ingredients.
- Remove from heat; let stand 3 minutes.
- Add in cheddar cheese and sour cream, stirring until cheese melts.
- Stir in the crawfish.
- Add 1 inch of water to a medium skillet; bring to a simmer.
- Dip 1 tortilla in water using tongs.
- Spoon 1/4 cup crawfish mixture into center of 1 tortilla; roll tightly and place in a 13x9 inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
- Repeat procedure with remaining tortillas and 2 3/4 cups crawfish mixture.
- Spread remaining crawfish mixture over tortillas.
- Sprinkle with Monterey jack cheese.
- Cover and bake in a 325°F oven for 10 minutes or until heated thoroughly.
PREJEAN'S FAMOUS CRAWFISH ENCHILADAS RECIPE - (3.8/5)
Provided by bsctbb
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a skillet over high heat melt butter. Add onion and pepper and sauté until transparent. Add Rotel tomatoes and simmer 2 minutes. Add cayenne, black pepper, salt, garlic, and chili powder and stir well. • Add crawfish and simmer 3 minutes. Add cream and roux. Stir continuously while bringing to a boil. Remove from heat and add Velveeta cheese. Allow to cool completely. • Preheat oven to 400 degrees • Fill crawfish mixture into tortillas and roll. Place in greased baking pan and top with cheddar cheese. • Bake 7 minutes or until golden brown. Top with remaining mixture as desired. This recipe makes 12 enchiladas - Top with Prejean's Enchilada Sauce to complete this dish.
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