Crawfish gumbo
Crawfish gumbo recipe in the soup category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups crawfish tails
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Crawfish fat and water to make 3 1/2 pints
- 1/4 cup cooking oil
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 cup canned whole tomatoes, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tablespoon green onion tops
- 1 tablespoon gumbo file
Recipe method:
- Make a golden roux.
- Take pot off heat.
- Add onion, garlic and celery, stir and cook 4 minutes.
- Return to heat.
- Add tomatoes, and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add fat, water and bay leaf.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer and add salt and pepper.
- Simmer for 40 minutes.
- In another skillet, fry in butter over low heat, green onions and tails, for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add to gumbo.
- Put in file.
- Serve over hot, cooked rice.
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