You can purchase frozen, cooked, peeled crawfish tails in the freezer section of your grocery store. Duane prefers Louisiana crawfish tails rather than Chinese ones. To mail order, visit www.cajuncrawfish.com.
Southern Living MARCH 2005
Prepare rice according to package directions.
Melt butter in a large cast-iron skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and next 3 ingredients; cook, stirring constantly, 8 minutes.
Stir together soup and chicken broth. Add to vegetable mixture. Stir in Cajun seasoning and ground red pepper.
Cook over medium-low heat 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in crawfish, green onions, and parsley; cook 3 minutes or until hot. Serve over rice.
Note: To freeze, divide étouffée evenly into 3 (1-quart) zip-top plastic freezer bags. Freeze up to 1 month. Thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from freezer bag, and warm in a saucepan, stirring until thoroughly heated. Each bag contains about two servings.
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Quick Crawfish Étouffée recipe
