Best Smoked Crayfish Salad Recipes

Smoked Whitefish and Crayfish Salad image

Provided by Food Network

Time 21m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

24 crayfish tails, cooked
1 cup smoked whitefish, meat only, flaked
3/4 cup chopped mixed greens
20 haricots verts (French green beans), trimmed, blanched
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon horseradish
1 tablespoon chopped dill
1/4 cup diced red onion
1/2 cup low-fat sour cream
1/2 cup non-fat yogurt
Salt and black pepper
1/2 cup diced celery
1 cup English cucumbers, peeled and sliced into half moons

Steps:

To blanch the haricots verts, add beans to boiling, salted water for 20 seconds. Remove beans from boiling water and add to ice water to preserve coloring and prevent further cooking.
In a mixing bowl, combine the red wine vinegar, horseradish, dill, red onion, sour cream, and yogurt. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and set aside.
In separate bowl, fold together the celery, cucumbers, haricots verts, crayfish, and whitefish. Combine the dressing with the crayfish vegetable mixture. Fold in mixed greens, season, and serve.

Smoked Crayfish Salad image

Provided by Food Network

Categories main-dish

Time 25m

Yield 4 servings as a good sized starter

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 pounds uncooked crayfish tails, split down the back to give 2 identical halves
2 large handfuls assorted salad leaves and greens (rocket, endive, salad burnet, radicchio, escarole, tat soi, etc)
16 small tomatoes, halved or whole
7 ounces (200 grams) goats cheese, choose one that isn't too dry, and crumble it
2/3 cup (150 milliliters) avocado oil
1 lemon, juiced
Salt and freshly ground pepper

Steps:

Note: The only tricky part of this dish is smoking the crayfish. I used a domestic smoker that you should be able to find at a good hardware or kitchenware store. Follow the instructions with your smoker and you shouldn't have any problems.
Bring the smoker to heat, then place in the crayfish tails and smoke over a moderate heat for 10 to15 minutes. To check if the tails are ready, take 1 piece out of the smoker and using a sharp knife, insert it into the thickest part of the tail. The flesh should be opaque in color, neither raw nor totally white. Take the tails from the smoker and leave to cool. If the tails aren't quite ready, just put back in the smoker and smoke a little more. The smoker will generate heat, so the hotter the smoker, the quicker the tails will cook. Once the crayfish are cool enough to handle, pry the meat from the shells and cut into thick chunks.
Place the salad leaves in a large bowl and scatter on the crayfish, the tomatoes and the cheese. Whisk the avocado oil and the lemon juice together, season well, then pour dressing over the salad, and gently toss together. Eat immediately.