Classic Crawfish Sausage Etouffee

A Cajun dish so common, it’s in everyone’s recipe box. The no-soup etouffee -one of my personal favorites.

Ingredients

• 2 lbs peeled crawfish tails
• 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped bell pepper
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 tbsp crawfish fat or butter
• 1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce
• 2 cups cold water
• 1/2 cup chopped green onion tops
• 1/2 cup chopped parsley
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 pound smoked sausage
• 2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder-granules

Directions

Step 4

Smoked sausage may be lightly browned before adding to the dish

Step 5

Dissolve cornstarch in water. Add crawfish fat (butter), tomato sauce, garlic and onion powder and the 2 cups of water to which the cornstarch has been dissolved in.