Crawfish bisque ii

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4½ cup Boiling water
½ cup Minced parsley
½ cup Green onion tops, chopped
½ Of cleaned crawfish tails
½ cup Crawfish fat
¾ Block of butter
½ cup Olive or salad oil
1 cup Flour
2 larges Onions, chopped
3 Ribs celery, chopped
1 large Bell pepper, chopped
3 Pods garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon Red pepper
3 teaspoons Salt
¼ cup Cooking oil
½ cup Flour
2 Med onions, chopped
1 large Bell pepper, chopped
2 teaspoons Salt
1 teaspoon Red pepper
1½ cup Bread crumbs
¼ cup Minced parsledy
¼ cup Green onion tops
3 Pods garlic, chopped
¾ cup Water
½ Block of butter
½ Of the crawfish tails
½ Of the reserved fat

Directions

BISQUE

STUFFING FOR CRAWFISH HEADS

Use 20 lb. live crawfish, or 3 lbs crawfish tails, 60 cleaned crawfish heads. Pick over the crawfish to remove any dead ones.

Purge. Pour boiling water over live crawfish and let stand for abt. 5 min. until they turn red. Separate heads from the tails. If fat is used, remove from each head at this time and place in separate dish.

Select 60 of the largest heads, clean out thoroughly, remove eyes, wash and boil a few minutes. Let stand in water until ready to use.

To prepare Bisque: Make golden roux by cooking flour and oil together, slowly stirring constantly. Add onions, bell pepper and celery. Cook until onions are transparent, stirring frequently. Add crawfish tails and fat. Cook on low heat for abt. 20 min. Stir occasionally. Greaually add the boiling water, salt and pepper. Cook for 20 min. Add garlic, onion tops and parsley. Just before serving, add the stuffed and baked crawfish heads. Serve in soup plates with fluffy steamed rice, croutons or garlic bread.

To prepare Stuffing for heads: Before starting to stuff heads, remove from water and letr drip dry. Have bread crumbs ready. Grind onions, pepper and tails in a separate dish. Make a golden brn. roux.

Add onions and bell pepper and cook until onions are transparent. Add ground tails and fat. Let simmer for 15 min. Add water, salt, pepper, bread crumbs, parsley, gharlic and onion tops. Add ½ block melted butter if desired. Mix thoroughly. Stuff each head, roll in flour, place in baking pan side by side with stuffed side up. Bake 15 min.

in 375 F. oven. Add to bisque just before serving.

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