Crawfish Pies

By MichelleF

These are great as an appetizer or as a side dish to a meal or a salad. At Christmas we had these as a side dish to gumbo.

Ingredients

• 1 stick butter
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 1 bunch green onions, chopped
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 stalks celery, diced
• 2 TB or 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• Tony Chachere’s, to taste
• 5 to 10 drops Tabasco sauce
• 1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
• 2 cans Cream of Mushroom soup
• 1 (1 lb) package OR 2 (12 oz.) packages thawed crawfish tails, including juices
• 1/2 cup bread crumbs
• 2 (8 ct.) packages Frozen Tart Shells, thawed

Preparation

Step 1

Sauté bell pepper, green onions, onion, celery, & garlic in melted butter on medium high heat until soft. Season with Tony Chachere’s & Tabasco. Add parsley, cream of mushroom soup, crawfish, & bread crumbs. Stir to combine. Simmer 10 minutes. Scoop mixture into tart shells using an ice cream scoop. Bake at 350 for 15 - 20 minutes, or until the crust turns golden brown.

* If you only want to make half the recipe, go ahead & make the crawfish mixture, but use 1 package of 8 tart shells. Freeze remaining mixture to use in tart shells at a later date. Do not freeze them in the tart shells.