Crawfish Recipe
Crawfish Maque Choux
Ingredients:
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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*** STOCK***
5 pounds live crawfish
1 ounce garlic*
1 white onion*
1/2 bunch celery*
1 green pepper
1 pinch cayenne
1 pinch salt
***ROUX***
1 cup vegetable oil or peanut oil with a high
-- smoking point
1 cup flour
1/2 bunch celery -- small dice
1 green pepper -- small dice
1 ounce garlic -- small dice
1 onion -- small dice
***MAQUE CHOUX***
2 green peppers -- small dice
1 yellow pepper -- small dice
1 red pepper -- small dice
1 ounce garlic -- minced
3 ounces oil
3 tablespoons creole seasoning
3 pounds crawfish tails
3 cups fresh corn -- shucked
2 cups sliced -- fresh okra
2 cups onion -- small dice
2 bunches green onion -- for garnish
1/4 pound crisp bacon
Preparation:
Crush live crawfish in pot and add cold vegetables. Saute until
slightly cooked, about two minutes. Add one gallon cold water. Bring
to a boil and skim, simmer for 30 minutes. * All vegetables should
be small dice or rough chop. To make the Roux While stock is cooking,
make roux. In a heavy gage sauce hot heat up vegetable oil, or any
high smoking point oil. When oil comes to smoking point, add 1/2
flour. Stir constantly. Do not let burn. Add other half of flour
and stir. Note: Be very careful not to burn yourself. After 5 minutes
or so, flour should be dark brown, the color of chocolate. Pull
off heat, add vegetables. Vegetables will caramelize and stop cooking,
process roux. Put back on heat, slowly add strained stock to roux,
constantly stirring. Bring sauce to boil to simmer for 15 minutes,
constantly skimming. Season to taste. MAQUE CHOUX In a large saute
pot, heat oil. Add garlic and let toast golden brown. Do not let
burn. Add corn, peppers, onions, okra, Creole seasoning and cook
until tender. Add crawfish tails and saute until hot. Add sauce,
taste for seasoning. Serve with steamed rice and garnish with green
onions and bacon crisps.
Nutritional Information:
2130 Calories (kcal); 96g Total Fat; (38% calories from fat); 47g
Protein; 305g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 2198mg Sodium
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