Crawfish Monica Copycat
Enjoy this Crawfish Monica Copycat recipe featuring spicy crawfish in a rich and creamy sauce.
Equipment
- pot
- pan
- stirring spoon
Ingredients
Pasta and Sauce
- 1 pound dry rotini pasta
- ½ cup butter (a stick)
- 2 green onions sliced
- 5 medium cloves garlic finely minced, or to taste
- 2 cups half and half
- 1 teaspoon Creole or Cajun seasoning or to taste
- 1 pound cooked or frozen Louisiana crawfish tails undrained
- parsley sprinkle, optional
- Kosher salt to taste
- freshly cracked black pepper to taste
Instructions
Cooking Instructions
- Cook pasta to al dente according to package directions. Rinse and drain well; set aside.
- Melt the butter and sauté the garlic for about 2 minutes; add the sliced green onion and cook another 2 minutes.
- Stir in the half and half and the Creole or Cajun seasoning, starting with ½ teaspoon, taste and continue adding seasoning and taste, to reach desired level of heat.
- Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, add the crawfish and cook another 5 to 10 minutes or until nicely thickened and heated through.
- Stir in the pasta and parsley, taste, add salt, pepper and additional Cajun seasoning as needed.
- Serve immediately or can hold over very low heat another 10 minutes, if necessary, stirring occasionally.
- Serve with fresh hot French bread.
Notes
To freshen the taste of frozen crawfish, add between 1 and 3 tablespoons of liquid crab boil and enough ice cold water to cover the seafood. Let it soak in the fridge for about an hour. Adjust seasoning accordingly after soaking.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 650kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 25gFat: 35gSaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 150mgSodium: 800mgPotassium: 300mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 500IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 150mgIron: 3mg
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