how to cook crawfish?

Question

How do you cook crawfish? any suggestions or recipes. These are still alive and caught hours ago and I have NO IDEA how to cook em.

Answer 1

INGREDIENTS:
1 med. to large onion
3 stalks of celery
6 to 8 cloves of garlic
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 can light or regular evaporated milk
1 pound of crawfish tails
5 tablespoons of cornstarch
pie crust for 2-crust pie
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 350°. Sauté onions, celery and garlic in butter or olive oil. Add milk and soup; bring to medium boil. Add crawfish, bring to medium boil again then add corn starch. Lower heat and cook for another 10 minutes or until thick. Grease pie shell w/butter and place pie shell in bottom of pan then add thickened mixture. Put on top shell and bake at 350° for 20 minutes.
Enjoy, Sandra

Answer 2

5 pounds boiled crawfish, plus 1 pound peeled cooked crawfish tails
4 quarts water
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 1/2 cups chopped onions
1 3/4 cups chopped green bell peppers
1 3/4 cups chopped celery
Salt and pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 bay leaf
1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons chopped green onions
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves
1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
4 slices stale bread, torn into pieces
1 egg, beaten
Pinch cayenne
1 1/2 cups dried fine bread crumbs
1 teaspoon Rustic Rub, recipe follows
Vegetable oil, for frying

For the crawfish stock: Remove the tails from the 5 pounds of boiled crawfish and peel, reserving the tail meat for the bisque and the peelings for the stock. Pinch off the claws and reserve. Put the tail peelings and claws in a stockpot and cover with the water. Bring to a boil. Simmer, uncovered for 45 minutes. Drain. You should have about 3 quarts of stock. Let the stock cool.
For the bisque: Combine the oil and flour in a large cast iron or enameled cast iron Dutch oven over medium heat. Stirring slowly and constantly for 20 to 25 minutes, make a medium brown roux, the color of peanut butter. Add 3 cups of the onions, 1 1/2 cups bell peppers, and 1 1/2 cups celery. Season with salt, pepper, cayenne, and bay leaf. Cook, stirring often, for 6 to 7 minutes, or until the vegetables are soft. Add the reserved crawfish tails. Stir and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the crawfish stock and bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat, uncovered, for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Add 1/4 cup of the green onions and the parsley.
For the boulettes: In a food processor with a metal blade, combine the remaining onions, peppers, celery, garlic, 1 pound peeled crawfish tails, bread pieces and egg together. Pulse the mixture a few times to finely chop the mixture. *Do not puree. Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl and stir in the remaining green onions and parsley. Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Shape the mixture into small balls, about 1 tablespoon each. Season the bread crumbs with the Rustic Rub. Roll the balls in the seasoned bread crumbs. When the oil has reached 360 degrees F, deep-fry the boulettes until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Remove the boulettes from the oil and drain on a paper-lined plate. Season with Rustic Rub. Garnish each soup with a couple of the boulettes.

Rustic Rub:
8 tablespoons paprika
3 tablespoons cayenne
5 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper
6 tablespoons garlic powder
3 tablespoons onion powder
6 tablespoons salt
2 1/2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 1/2 tablespoons dried thyme
Combine all ingredients and store in an air-tight container.

Answer 3

Chinese way : pour hot water over it to kill it first. Then wash it, cut it open (with cleaver) length-wise, in the middle (shell side down). Fry it with some crushed garlic + chilly paste for about 8-12 mins. till cooked

Answer 4

put large pot of water on to boil add salt, red pepper sauce,
some lemon juice and ground pepper.
bring to boil add about 7 or more depending on size of pot
when they float they are done. eat hot or chill till cold
enjoy with cocktail sauce or melted butter or lemon juice

Answer 5

We usually just boil them in a big pot of water with lots of lemon and some pepper corns. They are done when they are bright red. Then serve them with some lemon and garlic butter.

Answer 6

get some Old Bay Seasoning and boil them in water, vinegar and lotsa OLD BAY!! mmmmmmmmm yummy

Answer 7

cook in your favorite beer

Answer 8

http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/searchResults?searchString=Crawfish&site=food&searchType=Recipe