Crawfish Étouffée

Ingredients: 

1stick of unsalted butter

6 cloves of garlic, minced 

1 cup of chopped onion 

1/2 cup of chopped celery

1 lb bag of crawfish tails

1 family size can of cream of mushroom soup

1 can of Rotel, any kind you like (I prefer hot)

1/2 teaspoon Tony Chachere's

1/2 teaspoon Black pepper

Chopped scallions, to garnish 

Direction: 

Melt butter. Add garlic, onion, and celery. Saute until tender. Add the crawfish tail and rest of ingredients. Cook and simmer for about 10 - 12 minutes. Serve with rice. Good with angel hair pasta too. 

Crawfish Roban

During the school year my kids usually only want pasta for their lunches. Its an easy meal for them to eat and its filling.  So, whenever crawfish tails are on sale at my local market ....I would grab like 6 packs because I use them so much in my pasta dishes. This brand is usually around $8.00 to $10.00 at some grocery store but this week they are only $5.99 a pack...so I grabbed 10 packs..hopefully they will last me until the next sale.

This crawfish roban pasta dish is my GO TO ....I can whip this up early in the morning....I usually make it all in 1 pan...I would cook the pasta...drain out the water...leaving about 1 cup in the pan with the pasta...then just dump all the other ingredients right into the same pan and just cook for another 10 minutes...

I try to undercook the pasta so when I am packing up the kids lunch in the thermos...the pasta doesn't get overcooked.


Ingredients: 
1 box of pasta
1 jar of Alfredo sauce (your favorite brand--I usually buy Bertolli..but this was all I had on hand)
1 bag of crawfish tail (freezer section)
2 C half n half
1 teaspoon Seafood Pasta Seasoning
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Garnish:
1 C parmesan cheese
sliced green onion


DIRECTION: 
Cook pasta according to package...drain and set aside ( reserve 1 cup of pasta water)


In a large nonstick pot....pour the pasta back into the pot next pour the jar of alfredo sauce and 2 cup half n half.  Pour the pasta water into the empty jar of alfredo sauce and shake it really well...this is to get all the sauce that is stuck inside the jar out...then pour that into the pot. Next, mix in the seafood seasoning (if you don't have seafood seasoning you can use any creole or cajun seasoning), garlic powder, and black pepper.  Cook on medium low until everything is incorporated then pour in the whole crawfish tail bag...all the JUICE and everything....cook for another 5 minutes...then pour in the parmesan cheese and SERVE.

Garnish with sliced green onions


SIMPLE and EASY!!!

Crawfish VELVEETA Pasta

My kids LOVE anything PASTA so when hubby has to work and its just the kids and I for dinner....I usually make a pasta dish because I can never go wrong especially if it is a white sauce. Since it is a Wednesday and I am giving up meat on Wednesday and Friday I decided to make something with crawfish. My local grocery store had them on sale for $5.99 a pack....so I rack up on a few packs for this lent season.

With this recipe you can add a little more VELVEETA cheese...I only added 1 cup because my husband doesn't like it too cheesy ;)
You can also choose any type of pasta ...I usually prefer some sort of shape pasta just to make it FUN for the kids ...because I am a COOL mom ;) You can also use shrimp if you don't have crawfish.



Ingredients: 
1 lb Pasta (any kind that you prefer)
1 pack  Crawfish Tail
1 quart  Half and Half
1 cup of CUBED Velveeta Cheese
1/2 c finely chopped Onion
6 cloves of minced Garlic
1 stick UNSALTED Butter
1 cup finely chopped Celery
(1 small  bell pepper---I usually add bell pepper to my pasta but tonight I ran out)
1 TBS All Purpose Flour
1 tsp Tony Chachere's
Cracked Black Pepper

***1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
*** sliced green onion

Direction:
Cook pasta according to package and drain...set aside.
Over Medium HEAT....Melt butter in a large NONSTICK pan then add in the onion, garlic, bell pepper, celery and cook until veggies are translucent. Next add in the flour and continue to stir ...for about 2 minutes ..making sure there is not clumps. Then slowly add in the HALF and HALF. Stir to get all the ingredients nicely incorporated. Next add in the cup of cubed VELVEETA cheese and continue to stir until all the cheese have melted. Once all the cheese have melted ...add in the bag of crawfish tails and your seasonings. Stir for about a minute or 2..then pour in your pasta and turn off heat. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and garnish with sliced green onions.

ENJOY!!!