Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2012

I'm from Cajun country, and with some tweaks, it's right on the money (as it sits now, this is about a 3). It's not Cajun without the holy trinity of onions, bell pepper, and celery, so add 3 or 4 celery stalks to the vegetables, but cut the celery pretty small so it will cook at the same rate as the other veggies. I also added liquid crab/shrimp boil seasoning--it makes a big difference!--about three tablespoons of tomato paste (never tomato sauce), Tony Chachere's to taste, basil, bay leaves, and parsley. I added more of the Worcestershire sauce, too. I served this to a few people from back home and they couldn't stop raving about how much they missed real Cajun food.

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curlycajun6

Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2011

Finally! A true etouffee without tomatoes!

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LibsAunt

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Napa, California, USA

Living In: College Station, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 3, 2011

this was great all at dinner loved it,very easy to make.will make it a day ahead becaus the left overs were even better.

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brian

Reviewed: Aug. 3, 2011

This was my first time cooking cajun and I followed the recipe EXACTLY as written. I thought it was pretty doggone good! My wife loved it and took some to work and let a "cajun" coworker try it. Bravo Zulu!!!!! This weekend I'm trying it with shrimp. Thanks Ritalee!!!

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Gunny

Home Town: Lynchburg, Virginia, USA

Living In: Havelock, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2011

This was an excellant dish! My mother really liked it. My only addition was a few stalks of celery to the saute. I also only used 12 oz. of crawfish. This was because I could only find packages of crawfish in this amount at my grocery store. I thought two of these packages - 24 oz. - would have been too much. Very tasty!

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carlialyece

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Jena, Louisiana, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2011

This recipe came out very well! My hubby is a crawfish eater and he loved it. I did use chicken broth instead of water and I added cayenne and green onions. Good flavor!

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Baileywifey

Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2010

Next time I will reduce the amount of butter by half. Otherwise a pretty good recipe.

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Spaces

Reviewed: Jun. 18, 2010

Wow! This was the best new recipe I've tried in a while! Just made a few small changes: 1) Cut the butter/flour in half, worked out wonderfully. 2) Doubled the garlic (always do) and added more of all the seasonings + ground red pepper. 3) Used a splash of chardonnay and then chicken broth instead of the water. Dinner was amazing with some brown rice and french bread! Thank you RITALEE76 I will be making again and again!

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