Crawfish Jalapeno Cheese Cornbread Topped With Crawfish Etouffee

Serves: 2

Carter Wolf

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

43

Spice

62

Sweetness

57

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

4

Eggs

1 tsp

Sugar

1.5 tbsps

Creole Seasoning

3 cloves

Garlic (diced)

1 tsp

Ground Cumin

1 tsp

Hot Sauce

1

Salt

Directions:

1

For the cornbread: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F

2

Grease enough cupcake pans to make 60 cornbreads

3

In a large bowl, mix the cornbread mix, milk and eggs

4

While stirring, slowly add the jalapeno peppers, sugar, cheese, crawfish and corn

5

Add the Creole seasoning and pour into the prepared cupcake pans (makes about 60 cupcakes)

6

Cook until done, 50 to 55 minutes

7

For the etouffee: In a stockpot, melt the butter over medium heat

8

When the butter is bubbling, add the flour to make a roux, stirring constantly to prevent or remove any lumps

9

Cook the roux for 5 minutes; do not brown

10

Stir in the onions and bell peppers and saute until the onions are translucent, about 10 minutes

11

Add the garlic and saute 3 minutes

12

Stir in the crawfish tails

13

Slowly pour in enough water to reach a little thicker than soup-like consistency

14

Season with the cumin, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper, to taste

15

Reduce the heat and simmer 10 minutes

16

Serve 2 muffins per person with sauce ladled over the top

17

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant

18

The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results