EARNER'S CRAWFISH BISQUE RECIPE - (4.6/5)

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Earner's Crawfish Bisque Recipe - (4.6/5) image

Provided by á-34054

Number Of Ingredients 27

For Gravy:
11 sack live crawfish (about 40 pounds)
2large2 large onions
44 ribs celery
1/41/4 bell pepper
4cloves4 cloves garlic
10sprigs10 sprigs of parsley
1cup1 cup cooking oil
2cups2 cups flour (about)
4heaping teaspoons4 heaping teaspoons tomato paste
9cups9 cups hot water
5teaspoons5 teaspoons salt
2teaspoons2 teaspoons red pepper
66 green onions
For Stuffing:
2large2 large onions
33 ribs celery
1/41/4 bell pepper
4cloves4 cloves garlic
10sprigs10 sprigs parsley
1/4cup1/4 cup cooking oil
22 eggs, beaten
2cups2 cups dry bread crumbs (or more)
4teaspoons4 teaspoons salt
2teaspoons2 teaspoons red pepper
Flour
66 green onions

Steps:

  • To Prepare Crawfish: Scald live crawfish in almost boiling water for about 15 minutes. Drain and cool. Peel crawfish and save the meat and fat in separate bowls. Grind the crawfish. Set aside. Clean about 200 heads to stuff. Set aside. To Make Gravy: Grind onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic and parsley. In a large heavy pot, heat oil; add flour to make a roux. Stir constantly until browned. Add ground vegetables. Cook on low fire about 30 minutes. Add tomato paste and crawfish fat. Cook about 30 minutes. Add hot water and let cook on low fire. Add 2 1/2 cups ground crawfish tails, salt, and pepper. Cook on high fire about 20 minutes. To Make Stuffing for Heads: Preheat oven to 400ºF. Grind onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic, and parsley. Fry remaining crawfish tails and ground vegetables in hot cooking oil; cool. Add remaining crawfish fat and eggs. Mix in bread crumbs, salt, and red pepper. Stuff the crawfish heads. Dip the stuffed part of head in flour and place on cookie sheet. Bake 20 minutes. Add baked crawfish heads to gravy. Cook on low fire about 1 hour. More hot water may be added if too thick. Stir carefully. Serve in soup bowls over rice. Garnish with green onions.

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