Creole Crawfish Etouffe with grape tomatoes

Name: Creole Crawfish Etouffe with grape tomatoes
Total time: 6300 s
Yield: 4-6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lb crawfish, peeled, purged or deveined; 12 sliced and seeded multicolor mini sweet peppers; 1 cup chopped celery; 1 cup chopped onion; 1 stick butter softened; 3 tbsp flour; to taste parsley; to taste dry mustard; to taste Zatarain's gumbo file`; Vegatable or seafood stock; Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning; Tobasco sauce; 1 container halved & seeded grape tomatoes; cornstarch slurry if necessary; cooked rice for service

alley927cat @cook_7853600

Traditional Etouffe does not contain tomatoes of any kind, it is forbidden! However, I like the pop of fresh grape tomato acidity with the richness of the Etouffe sauce. To minimize the sin, I add the halved grape tomtaoes, minus the pulp and seeds, right at the end just to warm them. This prevents "bleed" from the tomatoes and adds the fresh pop I have grown to love. You can always leave them out, but I hope you will love them too.

alley927cat @cook_7853600

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Ingredients

45 mins to 1 hr

4-6 servings

2 lbcrawfish, peeled, purged or deveined
12sliced and seeded multicolor mini sweet peppers
1 cupchopped celery
1 cupchopped onion
1 stickbutter softened
3 tbspflour
to tasteparsley
to tastedry mustard
to tasteZatarain's gumbo file`
Vegatable or seafood stock
Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning
Tobasco sauce
1 containerhalved & seeded grape tomatoes
cornstarch slurry if necessary
cooked rice for service

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Steps

45 mins to 1 hr

1

Combine softened butter and flour in a skillet to make a roux. Cook to the carmel color. Should it be a bit dry, add vegatable or seafood stock to maintain creamy consistency.
2

Add onions, celery, peppers, and spices, gradually adding stock to maintain consistency. Cook stirring often until veggies soften.
3

Fold in crawfish until thoroughly incorporated. Add stock and extra butter to tighten consistency. Add tomatoes. Use cornstarch slurry if sauce is not thick enough.
4

Add Tony's and Tobasco liberally. Serve over rice and enjoy!