Crawfish Boil Chowder

13 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • Stock
  • 2 -3 lbs crawfish, heads and shells
  • 8 cups water
  • Chowder
  • 1 cup andouille sausage, diced (from boil)
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion (from boil or fresh)
  • 1/2 cup chopped garlic (from boil or fresh)
  • 8 cups crawfish stock (see above)
  • 3 cups corn, cut from cob (from boil)
  • 3 cups unpeeled potatoes, chopped (from boil)
  • 1 -2 lb crawfish tail meat (from boil)
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup chopped parsley

Directions

  1. 1
    Make stock by peeling all your crawfish. Reserve tails for later, and throw all the peelings into a stock pot. Cover with about 8 cups water, bring to boil and simmer for about 20 minutes. Strain through fine mesh strainer and discard solids.
  2. 2
    Brown sausage in large stock pot, add onions and garlic, saute til translucent. Add stock and bring to boil, simmer for 20-30 minutes.
  3. 3
    Add corn and potatoes, bring back to simmer. Add crawfish and cream, heat through. Check seasonings.
  4. 4
    Stir in parsley.
  5. 5
    Serve with hot bread and enjoy!

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