91 crawfish recipes

Louisiana-style crawfish chili with ground beef, bacon drippings, and a kick of cayenne. A bayou twist on classic chili that simmers low and slow until the crawfish meat surrenders to the broth.

Crawfish canapes with sweet tails in a quick vermouth-cream sauce with shallots, dill, and briny capers, spooned into crisp pastry shells. An elegant Louisiana-meets-French cocktail bite.

A succulent seafood dish made with smoked sausage, potatoes and a bit of cayenne pepper.

Louisiana crawfish bread studded with chopped crawfish tails, green onions, parsley, thyme, and garlic baked into a savory quick bread. A Cajun-style bread that's part cornbread, part seafood loaf.

Crawfish aubergine with crispy breaded eggplant topped by crawfish tails in a Parmesan cream sauce spiked with Tabasco. Where Cajun meets Italian on one glorious plate.

Crawfish tails simmered in a creamy shrimp soup sauce with sauteed onions, garlic, bell pepper, celery, and white wine. Ladle this Cajun-style goodness over rice or pasta.

Crawfish Rixie sautees a pound of tails in butter, then bathes them in a double-reduced fish stock and cream sauce with a dash of Tabasco. Elegant Cajun simplicity on toast points.

Creamy crawfish pasta in a Dijon mustard cream sauce made from crawfish-soaked milk. Two pounds of tender tails over fresh pasta, Cajun-style and ready in an hour.

Crawfish Kowalski tosses wagon wheel pasta with crawfish tails, kielbasa, and a beer-spiked cream sauce with cayenne. A bold Cajun-Polish mashup ready in 40 minutes.

Crawfish Monsigneur with sauteed tails, mushrooms, and pimientos in a creamy white wine sauce with cayenne and Tabasco, tossed with egg noodles.

Louisiana crawfish quiche loaded with a pound of crawfish tails, sauteed mushrooms, and green onions in a creamy egg custard with mozzarella. Bayou brunch at its finest.

Louisiana crawfish etouffee with a dark roux, holy trinity vegetables, tomatoes, and cayenne served over rice. A Cajun classic built on a proper 10-minute dark roux.

Authentic crawfish etouffee builds on a dark roux with the Cajun trinity, a small army of garlic, and Louisiana crawfish tails. Smothered over rice, this is true New Orleans comfort food.

Crawfish dip with sauteed trinity, Rotel tomatoes, and cream cheese served cold. A rich, Cajun-style party dip loaded with crawfish tail meat.

Crawfish potato boats stuffed with whipped potato, sharp cheddar, butter, and a pound of crawfish tails. Twice-baked potatoes with a Cajun seafood twist that freeze beautifully.

Buttery crawfish tails, sharp cheddar, and garlic blended into a spicy spread, loaded onto French bread and baked until bubbly. This Louisiana party appetizer vanishes fast.