Friday * Lent Recipe

During Lent in Louisiana you will see lots of seafood on the menu on Friday. No meat Friday today is celebrated with a true classic recipe :

Crawfish Etouffee

• 6 tbs Butter
• 2 C water
• 4 Tbsp Ketchup
• 2 C chopped onion
• 2 stalks of celery chopped fine
• 2 cloves of minced garlic
• 2 Tbsp chopped green pepper
• 1 tsp dry parsley
• 2 Tbsp green onions chopped fine
• 1 lb crawfish tails
• salt,black pepper,red pepper
• 2 Tbs flour

Melt Butter -Saute onions ,celery ,garlic and green pepper until soft . Add Flour and stir. Add water,ketchup and cook for 30 minutes. Add crawfish ,green onions parsley and season to taste . Cook until done. Serve with rice/