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.
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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