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How to Cook & Prepare Crawfish


Crawfish dishes in South Louisiana are boiled, stewed, bisque and Etouffee to name a few. See Recipes for Crawfish

Fresh crawfish are usually boiled or steamed in order to peel them. Crawfish will cook completely in about 6 minutes in boiling water and will toughen up some if overcooked.

If they died before cooking the meat will get somewhat mushy. You can tell when you pull the tail away from the body and the first piece of meat breaks off. Most of the time the crawfish tail won't be curled.

 

How to Peel Crawfish

Pick a nice crawfish with a big tail

1. Pick a nice crawfish with a big tail
(that’s where all of the meat is!)

how to peel a crayfish 2 Hold the body and grab the tail.
2. Hold the body and grab the tail.

how to peel a crayfish 3 twist the tail to loosen it from the body
3. Twist the tail to loosen it from the body.

how to peel a crayfish 4 Pull the tail away from the body
4. Pull the tail away from the body.

How to peel crayfish - Pinch the tail just above the fans. This makes the meat pop out from the shell.
5. Pinch the tail just above the fans. This makes the meat pop out from the shell.

How to peel crayfish - Pull the tail meat out and enjoy
7. Pull the tail meat out and enjoy.

This information, thanks to www.cajun-shop.com

 

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