Crawfish Delicacy

Total Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/2 small green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 celery rib, chopped
• 2 lbs crawfish tails, frozen, cooked and peeled thawed
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 (1 1/2 ounce) envelope beef stew seasoning
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 3 cups hot water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 dash garlic powder
• hot cooked rice
• fresh parsley sprig (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 microwave first 4 ingredients in a 13x9-inch microwave-safe dish on high 6 to 8 minutes or until tender.
• 2 stir in crawfish; microwave at high 6 minutes.
• 3 stir in flour and next 8 ingredients.
• 4 microwave, uncovered, on high 15 minutes, stirring twice.
• 5 microwave, covered, on medium (50 % power) 15 minutes, stirring twice.
• 6 serve over hot cooked rice; garnish, if desired.
• 7 you may substitute 4 cups chopped, cooked chicken for crawfish tails if you desire.
• 8 to prepare on stove top: saute onion, bell pepper, and celery in hot oil in a large saucepan. stir in crawfish and next 9 ingredients; bring to a boil. reduce heat; simmer, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes.