Crawfish Bisque Recipe

Ingredients

1 1 1 cup oil
1 1 1 cup flour
4 4 4 large onions, finely chopped
6 6 6 large ribs celery, finely chopped
2 2 2 medium bell peppers, finely chopped
1 1 1 bay leaf
1 1 1 lemon, sliced
3 3 3 quarts water
to and pepper to taste
1 1 1 pound crawfish tails, cooked
Crawfish fat
2/3 2/3 2/3 cup chopped green onions
6 6 6 Tablespoons chopped parsley
Stuffed crawfish heads (recipe follows)
Stuffed Crawfish Heads
2 2 2 large onions, finely chopped
2 2 2 bell peppers, finely chopped
3 3 3 ribs celery, finely chopped
3 3 3 pounds crawfish tails, cooked, finely chopped
3 3 3 Tablespoons roux (reserved from Bisque)
to fat to taste
1/3 1/3 1/3 cup chopped green onions
2 2 2 Tablespoons chopped parsley
2 2 2 eggs, slightly beaten
3 3 3 slices stale bread, crumbled
to and pepper to taste
75-100 75-100 75-100 cleaned crawfish heads
Flour and oil

Preparation

Step 1

While the Bisque is simmering, prepare heads. Cook onions, bell peppers, and celery in roux until transparent. Add crawfish fat, tails, and green onions. Cook 15 minutes on low heat, stirring occasionally. Add parsley, eggs, bread crumbs; mix thoroughly. Cool and stuff heads of crawfish with this dressing. Roll stuffed heads in flour, and fry in oil until golden brown. Add to the Bisque.
This delicious, thick soup spicily seasoned and full of heads stuffed with the dressing, all over steaming rice, is a "must" in Bayou Country during crawfish season!