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                        | www.RecipeFaire.com Presents: | 
                    
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                        | Crawfish Etouffee | 
                            | by:   
                                Rosetta Randolph   | 
                    
                    
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                        | Crawfish Etouffee Recipe uses crawfish, butter, flour, onions, celery, green pepper, parsley, garlic, lemon juice and cayenne pepper to create this delicious crawfish etouffee which is then served over rice. | 
                    
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 INGREDIENTS
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                        | 2 pounds cooked, peeled crawfish,
fresh or frozen | 
                    
                        | 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted | 
                    
                        | 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour | 
                    
                        | 1 cup chopped onions | 
                    
                        | 1/2 cup chopped celery | 
                    
                        | 1/4 cup chopped green pepper | 
                    
                        | 2 tablespoons chopped parsley | 
                    
                        | 1 clove garlic, minced | 
                    
                        | 1/2 cup water | 
                    
                        | 1 tablespoon lemon juice | 
                    
                        | 1/4 teaspoon salt | 
                    
                        | 1/4 teaspoon cayenne | 
                    
                        | 3 cups cooked rice | 
                    
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 DIRECTIONS
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                        | 1: 
                            Thaw crawfish if frozen. In a 10-inch skillet, combine butter and flour. Add onions,
celery, green pepper, parsley and garlic. Saute vegetables over medium heat, stirring
constantly, for 5 minutes or until tender. | 
                    
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                        | 2: 
                            Add water gradually and continue to stir;
cook until thick. | 
                    
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                        | 3: 
                            Stir in crawfish, lemon juice, salt and pepper; heat thoroughly. | 
                    
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                        | 4: 
                            Serve
over rice. |