Indulge in the vibrant flavors of Louisiana with our tantalizing Crawfish Soup recipes. Discover the essence of Cajun cuisine as you embark on a culinary journey, transforming simple ingredients into a symphony of taste. From the classic Crawfish Etouffee to the rich and creamy Crawfish Bisque, each recipe promises an explosion of flavors that will leave you craving more. Dive into the easy-to-follow instructions and let the aromas of garlic, onion, and celery fill your kitchen, creating an unforgettable dining experience. Whether you prefer a hearty soup or a delicate bisque, our collection of recipes caters to every palate. Ready your taste buds for an authentic Cajun feast with our delectable Crawfish Soup creations.
Here are our top 11 tried and tested recipes!
CRAWFISH AND CORN SOUP
This soup is a staple in several New Orleans restaurants. If you don't like it spicy do not use the Creole seasoning, just add more salt and pepper. Serve with salad and garlic bread. It's easy and delicious!
Provided by LucyF
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Melt butter in a large pot over low heat, and stir in flour. Cook, stirring constantly to make a light roux, about 5 minutes.
- Add onions, and cook until wilted. Pour in milk, creamed corn, whole kernel corn, and cream of potato soup. Season with Creole seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, pepper sauce, and salt. Stir to blend, and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes. Add the crawfish, and cook for 20 more minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 298.2 calories, Carbohydrate 36.2 g, Cholesterol 82 mg, Fat 12.9 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 13.2 g, SaturatedFat 7.5 g, Sodium 749.9 mg, Sugar 9.8 g
CREAM OF CRAWFISH BOIL SOUP
I just invented this tonight, after getting "stuck" with a couple of pounds of crawfish from a crawfish boil. It's so good I wanted to hop around the kitchen singing. This recipe is for crawfish boil leftovers; it won't be the same otherwise. You'll need two pounds of whole crawfish plus the corn, potatoes, etc, that were boiled with them. (My two-pound package contained two short corns on the cob, four little new potatoes, and two pounds of whole crawfish.) You can use whatever proportions you like, and don't let anybody tell you otherwise.
Provided by lolsuz
Categories Crawfish
Time 25m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Peel the crawfish, cut the corn off the cob, and set aside with the potatoes.
- In a soup pot, saute the flour in butter, but do not brown it.
- Pour in the chicken stock all at once, stirring with a whisk until blended. Don't worry if there's a few lumps because you'll get them with a stick blender later. Bring to a simmer.
- Break up the potatoes with your fingers into the pot and add most of the crawfish tails and corn as well. Save a handful of crawfish and corn to add later. Bring the pot back up to a simmer.
- Use a stick blender to blend the soup until it is mostly smooth. BE CAREFUL not to spatter hot soup on yourself!
- Add the half and half and the remainder of the crawfish tails and corn. Stir well while heating for about five minutes more, then you're ready to serve.
CRAWFISH (SHRIMP) AND CORN SOUP
Hubby had this soup in New Orleans when we were visiting friends. He loved it, and asked for the recipe. He has made it several times since then, usually when he is "on his own" for dinner (its very easy to prepare). Being a vegetarian--I've never tried it, so I don't have an opinion.
Provided by Dee514
Categories Chowders
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a large pan, over medium heat, sauté onions and mushrooms in butter and a little garlic powder until tender.
- Soften cream cheese in microwave, and add to onions and mushrooms.
- Lower heat to medium-low and add soups and corn, stir well.
- Add crawfish or shrimp and half-and-half.
- Season to taste with Tabasco sauce and Tony's Creole seasoning.
- Cook for about 20 to 25 minutes.
CRAWFISH MIRLITON (CHAYOTE) SOUP
My Cajun mother makes a wonderful mirliton casserole for the holidays that's always a hit. I had a craving for mirliton and crawfish one day, and pieced together this soup from several recipes and a few traditional Cajun cooking methods. Some people prefer to peel and pit mirliton before using them, but the whole fruit is edible. Crawfish tails are usually mostly cooked before being peeled and bagged, but it's best to be on the safe side. Sauteing them first makes sure that they are fully cooked and flavors the butter for the rest of the soup.
Provided by Jennifer Cross
Categories Crawfish
Time 1h15m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Stir dried herbs into broth and set aside.
- Saute crawfish tails in butter until warm and cooked through.
- Drain butter and crawfish juice into a pot. Set crawfish aside for later.
- Add onions, garlic, cayenne, and crab boil to butter and cook over low heat until onions are soft.
- Add mirliton and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Pour broth into pot, cover, and simmer over low heat. 25 minutes for peeled mirliton, and 30 for unpeeled.
- Use a food processor or blender to puree soup.
- Return soup to low heat, and gradually add in crawfish tails. Stir until tails are brought up to the soup's temperature.
CRAWFISH AND CORN SOUP
This is the creamiest, most delicious soup ever. It is super easy to make also. If you don't like crawfish, you can use crab or shrimp in its place. I've made it with all these types of seafood and it is still delicious.
Provided by Stacey Lawson
Categories Other Soups
Time 1h5m
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- 1. Melt butter in a large pot over low heat.
- 2. Gradually stir in flour.
- 3. Cook, stirring constantly to make a light roux, about 5 minutes.
- 4. Add onion, cook until wilted.
- 5. Pour in milk, creamed corn, whole kernel corn, and cream of potato soup. Stir to combine.
- 6. Then add creole seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, crab boil, and salt. Stir to combine and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes.
- 7. Add crawfish, cook for 20 more minutes.
- 8. **If you use crab or shrimp, once you add seafood reduce final cooking time to 10 minutes.
CREAM OF MIRLITON & CRAWFISH SOUP
Mirliton is also known as Chayote squash, allegator pear, or vegetable pear. I got this recipe from my daughter-in-law's, Aunt Jill. She had fixed it as her contribution to Thanksgiving dinner. Being a novice when it comes to cooking...I just knew I'd mess up this awesome dish. BUT...it's so simple that even I couldn't mess...
Provided by Rena Daniel
Categories Cream Soups
Time 1h15m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- 1. Peel mirlitons like you would peel a potato. Cut in half and remove the seed pod.
- 2. Slice into 1 inch cubes. Put into microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 12 to 15 minutes or until soft.
- 3. Puree in blender or food processor
- 4. Melt butter or margarine in a soup pot and saute all vegetables until soft. Add bay leaf and mirliton puree, cooking until most of the liquid evaporates.
- 5. Add 3 to 4 cups chicken broth, season to taste with salt, pepper, and cajun seasoning (Tony Chachere). Cover and cook on med heat for 45 minutes. Stirring occasionally.
- 6. Remove bay leaf, add crawfish tails and half and half. Simmer for 5 mins and serve. Hope you enjoy as much and my friends and family have.
- 7. ***If you have plenty to feed, double the recipe.
CRAWFISH CORN SOUP
This is from my mother-in-law. This makes a large amount; it can be halved. You can also use frozen crawfish tails, it saves time from peeling the tails.
Provided by Smilyn
Categories Chowders
Time 1h5m
Yield 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Sauté vegetables in butter until tender.
- Add flour and stir until blended.
- Add milk, corn, potato soup, crawfish and seasonings.
- Cook 40 minutes.
- Add cheese.
- Serve hot.
CREOLE SOUP WITH HAM AND CRAWFISH RECIPE
Provided by karen1
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Heat oil in head large pot over medium high heat. Add onion and all bell peppers, sauté until onion is translucent, about 7 minutes. Add garlic, stir 1 minute. Add mushrooms, corn, cajun seasoning and cayenne. Cook 5 minutes stirring occasionally. Add beer, boil 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and clam juice; bring to boil. Meanwhile, melt butter in small skillet over medium heat. Add flour, stir until mixture darkens slightly, about 3 minutes. Whisk butter mixture into soup. Simmer soup until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Do Ahead Can be made 1 day ahead. Refrigerate uncovered until cool, then cover and keep chilled. Rewarm before continuing. Add ham, crawfish, mustard to soup, cook until crawfish is cooked and soup is heated through, stirring often, about 4 minutes. Season to taste with hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper.
BROCCOLI CRAWFISH CHEESE SOUP
This is a wonderful rich soup. I like to use crawfish, but shrimp will work equally as well.
Provided by DONTOM
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Cream Soup Recipes Cream of Broccoli Soup
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large pot over high heat, combine the chicken broth and the broccoli. Cook about 3 to 5 minutes, or until tender. Set aside. In a large skillet, saut E the onions in the butter or margarine for about 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add the garlic, crawfish or shrimp, hot pepper sauce and Creole seasoning. Saute another 5 minutes and add to the broccoli and broth.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the cream of chicken soup, the cream of celery soup, and the milk. Mix the cornstarch and cold water and stir into the soup mixture. Mix well. Add mixture to the broccoli and broth. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thick and bubbly. Stir in cheese. Reduce heat to low and stir until cheese is blended. DO NOT BOIL.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 240.1 calories, Carbohydrate 11.2 g, Cholesterol 68.4 mg, Fat 14.6 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 16 g, SaturatedFat 6.1 g, Sodium 962.4 mg, Sugar 3.5 g
CRAWFISH SOUP
This is for everyone that has crawfish boils and wants a new idea of what to do with leftover crawfish and all the extras. I always did etoufees with the leftover crawfish but it never solved the problem of what to do with the corn , potatoes, onions..and whatever else you threw in the boil. I know when we boil we always throw in...
Provided by Debbie W
Categories Other Soups
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Prepare all your stuff from the crawfish boil as explained above.
- 2. In a stock pot pour in broth and add water..depends on the amount of leftover stuff you have. Add onions and potatos. Bring to a slow boil. Left cook for 5 min or so. Add corn, crawfish, muchroom...etc. Add cream and butter. Turn off fire ..add seasoning..cover and let stand for 15 min.
CRAWFISH POTATO SOUP
Delicious and hearty soup.
Provided by ANGELVEN
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Place the bacon into a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook until crisp, turning as needed. Crumble, and return to the pot.
- Reduce the heat to medium, and add the onion, green pepper, red pepper, celery. and garlic. Cook and stir until the onion is transparent, and the peppers are soft. Add the crawfish, and cook until the liquid evaporates, and the crawfish begin to brown. Remove the contents of the pot, and set aside.
- Pour the chicken broth into the pot, and add the potatoes. If the chicken broth does not cover the potatoes, add enough water to compensate. Bring to a boil, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft. Add the carrots, and cook for about 8 more minutes.
- Reduce the heat to low, and return the vegetables and crawfish to the pot. Stir in the half-and-half, and heat through. Do not boil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Ladle into bowls and garnish with Cheddar cheese to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 250.5 calories, Carbohydrate 17.2 g, Cholesterol 84.8 mg, Fat 14.5 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 13.4 g, SaturatedFat 8.6 g, Sodium 197.8 mg, Sugar 2.4 g
Tips:
- Selecting Fresh Crawfish: Opt for live and active crawfish with a firm texture and no discoloration.
- Cleaning Crawfish: Rinse them thoroughly, remove the heads, and devein them to eliminate the digestive tract.
- Preparing the Vegetables: Chop the vegetables into uniform sizes for even cooking and presentation.
- Sautéing Aromatics: Sauté the onions, celery, and bell peppers in butter or oil until softened and fragrant.
- Seasoning: Incorporate a blend of spices like cayenne, paprika, thyme, and bay leaves for a flavorful broth.
- Cooking the Crawfish: Add the crawfish to the pot and cook until they turn bright red and opaque, indicating that they are fully cooked.
- Creating the Roux: Prepare a roux by combining butter and flour in equal parts, cooking it until it reaches a rich, golden color.
- Adding Vegetables and Stock: Introduce the chopped vegetables and vegetable or seafood stock to the pot, allowing the flavors to meld.
- Simmering: Let the soup simmer for at least 30 minutes to allow the flavors to develop and deepen.
- Adjusting Seasoning: Taste the soup and adjust the seasoning as needed with additional spices or salt.
- Garnishing: Before serving, garnish the soup with fresh herbs like parsley or green onions for a vibrant touch.
Conclusion:
Crafting a delectable Crawfish Soup requires careful preparation, attention to detail, and a blend of aromatic ingredients. By following these tips and techniques, you can create a flavorful and authentic soup that showcases the unique taste of crawfish. Experiment with different spices and seasonings to tailor the soup to your preferences, and don't be afraid to add your own creative touches. Whether served as a hearty main course or an indulgent appetizer, this soup is sure to impress your family and friends. So gather your ingredients, put on your apron, and embark on a culinary journey that will leave your taste buds craving more.
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