How to Cook Up a Cajun CRAWFISH BOIL & an Étouffée Recipe | Crayfish Prepared 2 Ways
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Inspired by a pound of frozen #crawfish tails I received from Louisiana from Lovely Erin, I decided to cook crawfish two ways: in étouffée and in a Cajun-style boil. 🦞
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Emmy's voice takes me out of depression
Nomzamo Mncwango When my anxiety is making me restless, she never fails to calm me. I very much appreciate no loud volume variations!
I'm here doing just that
Nomzamo Mncwango really? is she okay? no.
One year later I'm watching her because of this!
Nomzamo Mncwango her personality is very potent in that she has the power to influence.
Emmy is ALWAYS invited to the cookout (or in this case, the seafood boil). 🍗🥩🍖
pajamagirl123 GIRL WHAT ? Who got you sending out the invitations ?
She 1000% is.
Super facts❤️❤️
.......she didn't purge her crawfish beloved. Ion know bout dat.
You gotta let that crawfish sit for about 15-20 min to soak up that seasoning. Or even longer with a few beers lol. Louisiana proud!! Glad your enjoying it
Aza Frank very true it has to soak up that flavor.
Them real Cajuns know how it's done 😂😂😂. Yummy
And squeeze the head as u suck to get ALL the flavor
"Worst. Hangover. Ever" - Crawfish
Joke aside... OMG, YUM!!!
Roni Senpai racist
Crawdads make fun pets!
I had one, his name was "Semedley".
When it came for feeding time, I'd tap on the glass and he would come to front of the tank, and raise his main claws to grab the tuna from my fingers.😄🤗😄
I had a pet crawfish when i was young! I named him 'Santa Claws' because he was HUGE and he had one claw that was half his size and the other one was the size of his smaller pincers. Only had him for about a month though :')
VAMPYBITES I have no problem with her dead kill.
VAMPYBITES cute.
Electric blue and Vanilla (white) crawfish make great pets and you can get them at most pet stores that sell fish.
I love that story!! I had no idea that you could keep them as a pet!
Next time instead of mayo and ketchup, put melted butter and Crystal hot sauce with a little bit of your cajun seasoning together and dip the Crawfish bowl items in there! SO GOOD!
That's the way to do it although I would go with cholula hot sauce myself.
I will try that. 😁😁😁😋
Sounds much better than Mayo and ketchup- Disgusting 😭
I never even heard of a mayo\ketchup sauce for crawfish and I was born and raised in Louisiana. But I will agree melted butter is where its at.
We ALWAYS had the ketchup/mayo mix, many add a little hot sauce.
Hi, Emmy! I was born and raised in New Orleans, so I loooove seeing you do this. Chef Paul's recipes are OUTSTANDING. The only recommendation that I have for the crawfish boil is instead of using a bunch of Cajun seasoning, use some Zatarains crawfish boil. It's a red liquid similar to red chili oil. It takes the flavor of the crawfish to another level. Life changing, girl. Try it!
YES!!! I like the pouches better but the liquid is good, too.
I can't eat anything with the zatarain crab bowl anymore so I use cayenne pepper.
Thank You, I was looking for a comment talking about Zatarains Crawfish Boil
Zatarain's is awesome. Love it.
Normally we make etouffee with the leftover tails from the boil. And if you say you never have leftovers from a boil, then you are being stingy, and need to buy another sack, or two.
52chevy3100 TRUTH!
That's what I thought too. I doubt she'll have leftover from the boil.
Love that!
How much crawfish would you need per person? And which size do you prefer? They are pretty pricey in germany but I would love to try this.
@@tiff2106 depends honestly, for my family I usually buy 3-4 lbs person. But if it's your first time I'd try 1- 2lb person. It can be overwhelmingly spicy if your not used to it. And I haven't been able to find a good recipe without the heat for the kiddos. The heat is what makes it though. I like medium and large size. The small are just a waste of my time lol
I used to have a pet crayfish named Fernando. He was really sweet.
I had one...it ate my betta and then escaped where my cats got it x.x
My granddad had one too, but he ate all his aquarium fish, so he brought him back to the store. X'D
Aw lol
I had one it ate my African clawed frogs that were separated by a tank divider but it climbed up the divider and next time I saw my frogs they were skeletons
What do they eat
I was born in New Orleans and I can tell you we Louisianan people love to eat! 🦐🦐🦐🦀🦀🦀🦞🦞🦞
Odixfilm LTD I was born in BTR hey sister city friend!
@@Me-ir6we hello sister city friend!
WHO DAT, Y'ALL!!
😄
Was born and raised in New Orleans to... I just had some crawfish last week. We put crawfish or crab boil seasoning in the water when we do it at home.
9:45 Crawfish put in the boiling water. To skip past it, go to 9:54. (I wouldn't steer anybody wrong on this. Not something to joke with people about if they really don't want to see it.)
Thank you 🙏
Thank you
I'm not a vegan or vegeterian or anything, but it does hurt, thinking about how they die in boiling water. I have too much empathy really 😢
@@-claris- Me 2 I felt so bad when it was trying escape. I could never kill my own food. I'm not vegan or vegetarian but I believe in the ethical treatment of animals.
I am actually a vegetarian. I personally think that anyone who eats animals needs to understand how an animal dies when it is killed for food. Reading about it is not enough. Meat-eaters really need to see for themselves what the animal goes through when it is killed. Animals do have feelings and they do react to pain. If the manner of death of an animal bothers a person, then perhaps the person should become a vegetarian.
There is a Cajun spice that is well known in Louisiana called Slap your mama!!! Its a great crawfish spice!!!
I put that on chicken for dirty rice! it's perfect
That's not very nice. She'd surely give you a woopin'! lol
Love slap yo mama seasoning
"slap ya mama"
the name of it alone makes me want to try it! :)
Happy to see your liking our delicious food. We are Louisiana proud. I’m from Golden Meadow, Louisiana, we catch our own crawfish in the back of my Mom’s street, cook em up and have a big ole crawfish bowl with the family. Just like you said giant table covered with newspapers, everything on the table, Mom and Pop, 5 kids, 8 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren. All eating, laughing and telling stories about days gone by and making new memories. We’re really lucky that we can still have these cherished days. I hope you and your family get to enjoy more Cajun traditions. Thanks Emmy.❤️
EMMY!!!!! You trying and LIKING crawfish makes me so happy! We eat them a lot in MS and LA. The lady who sent you that box of southern goodness truly shows the spirit of people from south Louisiana. They are warm and kind, and rarely meet a stranger. (LOOK UP THE CAJUN NAVY!!!)
My mom’s Family is from Houma; and I always loved going to visit. Adore their hearts toward family and the accent!!! 😊
AND! Way to go on peeling your crawfish like a pro! 🦞
After a heavy rain, and the crawfish mounds come up in my yard, my cat Rusev hunts them and brings them to me.
Rusev pudria! Rusev MACHKA!
@@ilznidiotic lol yes, his namesake
Can I hire your cat?
@@cloudreaper_6583 sure! He accepts shrimp treats as payment.
@@beesnuts smart cat
As the crawfish were being poured into the boiling water, I heard Obi-wan Kenobi, in my head - "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voice suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."
I"m not a fan of seafood, but dang nabbit, that boil looked amazing. I'd even be tempted to try the etoufee. Now I'm hungry for gumbo.
Now who didn't send her the zatarain's seafood boil!!! Lol jk but emmy if you ever come to New Orleans please try everything you won't be disappointed!!
Aay-aaymen!!!
N'Awlins food is WAAY better than Hawaii's. Luaus come close but you *REALLY* need to get to N'Awlins!!!
Yea I knew she didn't get the boil cuz the corn wasn't red 😂😂😂😂😂
I was waiting from some one to ask WHERE'S THE ZATARAIN'S??? It is no boil without Zatarain's. Then you gotta make an extra few lbs of red potatoes in the water so you can mash them with evaporated milk and butter, salt and pepper. Crab boil mashed potatoes, damn we eat good down here. :)
Devan Jones
I was thinking the same thing! It’s not a real crawfish boil until you have Zatarains!!!
I scrolled all the way down here to see if anyone else was wondering where the Zatarain's was.
Oh yes. Born and raised here in New Orleans So listen to me when I say delicious crawfish corn and potatoes you can NOT beat it.
tokunaga432 don't forget the sausage!
tokunaga432 I’ve recently learned that crawfish boils are known as a New Orleans thing, I always thought it was a south thing
Went there for a school field trip from Florida.
Went to the Audubon Zoo and Aquarium of the Americas!
You can't beat it until you come to Nova Scotia LOL.. they pretty much put every kind of seafood from anywhere else to shame
@@canadianbabe5970 pfffffftttt, you dont know Jack about crawfish though
Next to try "Shrimp and Grits"! YUM YUM!!!
You just provided an idea for my dinner. I think I have everything I need for shrimp and grits. Yum!
Fried fish and grits are way better
Or steamed fish and broth with grits and lots of onion
@@taetm8868 unfortunately I don't like most fish. Salmon and Tuna I can eat but do not really enjoy. I try to like it but simply do not.
I haven’t had that in so long :(( I want some now
Yessss or grillades and grits!
"It's important to eat your crawfish alive and fresh" i know she meant cook but still lmao
Jason Luke I love my crawfish alive for extra immersion!
I was giggling about that, too!
I don’t know, Emmy is fearless.
Lol
Well she is Japanese... and they eat live things there when it comes to crustaceans... and spiders, and what not
I live in north Louisiana and crawfish boils are a way of life here!! This is authentic!! Perfect roux. Nice job on your first try! Edit. I know it sounds crazy but put pineapple, smoked sausage, mushrooms in your crawfish boil! We do that here! Even whole garlic cloves. Amazing!
yes! my family does potatoes, corn, sausage, mushrooms, & garlic cloves!!
When I was a kid in the hills of West Virginia, my cousins and I used to catch crawdads in the creek behind my grandparents' house and boil them in coffee cans, using creek water (no seasoning at all), over fires we built ourselves. I don't think you'd find a lot of kids doing that sort of thing today, and maybe for good reason, but it was fun while it lasted. I've had crawfish plenty of times since then but none were quite as sweet as those. :-)
They wouldn't do it today because they'd be afraid of dropping their cell phone in the creek. 🙂
I caught them all the time as a kid, but I was an adult before I knew you could eat them!
@@Birdbike719 We had them in our creek when I was a kid, but it never occurred to me even to catch them. 🙄
Emmy, you gotta let them crawfish soakkkkkk longer 😭
I can proudly say as a southern snob that i am very proud of the way you did this. HERE HERE!
Thank you, thank you.❤️
She did perfectly authentic! Of course you can add more goodies!!
Can more garlic be added to the etouffee?
Julie Holland no, it will explode.
@@docmarmalade5224 yes. i like mine a little more garlicky so put as much as you want
A lot of times the drop smoked sausages in the water to boil too. I like eating the onion with the potato. That platter of crayfish was just a snack for some Cajuns. 🤣
Onion pedals wrapped around some potato with butter and pepper.
Would boudin be a good choice, or do I want something tougher, like Andouille? I'm a sucker for boudin, but I don't know how it'd taste boiled.
Lol definitely just a snack.
My father in law would clean and eat 10lbs in minutes..Being from California I made a mess of my more crawfish...oh we use latex gloves to peel them
@@danielleanderson6371 Boudin would fall apart. You'd need a more solid sausage. Preferably andouille.
I love Étouffée! When I live in Myrtle Beach, I had a friend from Lafayette, Louisiana and he had the best I ever had. We had a hurricane and he made it on the grill, rain and wind be damned...We ate good the whole time without power. 😂
Not a common know fact but if you visit louisiana and want some good food lafayette is better than new orleans!
I’m from Lafayette 😍 and I’m definitely a Cajun baby we looove crawfish especially etouffee 😩 nobody does Cajun food better than Louisiana lol
Bipolar Quxxn “rain and wind be damned” 🤣🤣
Jada Walker y’all got it going on it Lafayette! I loved his accent. 😂
@@alysha6053 better CAJUN but not better CREOLE! WHO DAT!! YOU KNOW U RITE!
My crawfish sauce is mayo, ketchup,a little mustard,hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce and a little bit of the crawfish boil seasoning all mixed together. 😊 I live in Louisiana and I love me some mud bugs! My favorite thing of crawfish season is driving by all of the crawfish ponds and seeing the nets all out in the water.
You made it sound like that one song
Next time try adding some artichokes, andouille sausage, and a couple of crabs 🦀
/you should try making it with a couple of boil bags and some concentrated crab and shrimp boil
//and some shrimp, and a whole lot more of the mudbugs 😃
///love the boils, the gumbo, the jambalaya, the po' boys, heck I love the food in New Orleans
////Nibble, nibble.🌽
Yes! I love that sausage
When I was little we would go catch those in the rice fields (I'm from Valencia, Spain) and next day my mom would cook them with a delicious tomato sauce. We call them "river crabs".
Yessssss!! It’s mudbug season down here in Louisiana, Emmy you made this video right on time!
I'm a big fan of Tony's, and salt-free Tony's. What about y'all?
Ha! Yay, great coincidence! 👏🏼
I saw a small group crawling across the grass this morning. Been getting a lot of rain here so they are coming out more.
Yup we might want to send her some Louisiana Card Boil
@@emmymade hi Emmy how are you doing you are a beautiful lady I just wanted to compliment you
Louisiana born and raise !!!!!!!!!
Letting food meld together to get happy happy. Emeril would be proud.
She forgot the, BAM!!
Well in Louisiana we use zatarans crawfish boil. And you up enough crawfish boil (bag of over 30 seasonings mixed) to burn your nose when you smell the steam.
Bryce Martin exactly
Man, ive been craving crawfish lately then this pops up in my feed
I've been craving since the crawfish season started in January... 😂
NovaNovice law of attraction lol
Where are all my Swedish friends that also loves ”kräftskiva?”🇸🇪🦐🦀 (For you who don’t know, it’s a crayfish party that we have in Sweden in August every year. We drink, sing and eat crayfish. Look it up!😆)
Sweds use every opportunity to drink, nothing new there *rolls eyes*
Dang it Emmy now I’m more hungry. I love crawfish!!!
we just recently had a boil of our own. alligator sausage, turkey neck, red potatos, crawfish, corn, nd everyhting else that makes a boil. the only reason why i really like living here in N.O crawfish is life
I lived in southern Louisiana for several years; had countless seafood dinners fresh off the bayou. This is totally accurate: great job, Emmy. 👏👏👏
FWIW, when I lived there we all called them “crawfish” 🦞
I’m Swedish and we have this tradition of having crawfish every year in about mid August. We just gather family and friends and have crawfish, garlic bread and maybe some special cheese quiche, and some may have far too much alcohol but that’s each to their own (I don’t drink alcohol at all myself) our crawfish are generally just cooked in slightly salted water with dill flowers in it, so the crawfish have dill flavor along with the saltiness. It’s really good
We call that sauce you made here in Puerto Rico “mayoketchup”! (Super original name, haha). But it was awesome to see someone else make it! We add Adobo, salt and garlic; I like to add fresh cilantro to it. Love the video, as always!
Poor little crawfish :,( lol. I cried when my mom boiled the crabs we caught during out trip to the bay, even though I had caught them and wanted to eat them. I was still so sad to see them boiled!
Love when the crawfish was escaping. Reminded me of the lobster scene from Annie Hall. 🤣🤣🤣
Nibble, nibble. 🌽 My mom used to tell a story about her daddy catching crawdads (that's what we call crayfish here in Oklahoma) so they could have fresh crawdad tails for dinner. Gosh, I miss my Momma. She was the absolute best. I think she would've enjoyed your show. You bring so much joy and enthusiasm to everything you do. You go, Emmy, you go.
Now you should try eating crawfish the Swedish way! Lots of dill, and you eat it cold.
You guys eat crawfish cold? Eeek......Cold seafood is not my thing......
Ill pass.
Bam!! I loved watching Emril when I was little. Him and Alton Brown were a hit!
I live in New Orleans, and I was SO excited to see this video after you posted on your Instagram about it! Another popular food item in crawfish boils down here is sausage! Andouille sausage preferred, but since I know it can be hard to find outside of the Louisiana area, a nice spicy smoked sausage works well too.
Glad you enjoyed it so much Emmy! Hopefully one day you can make it down here and eat your way through this delicious city!
Fastest like I've ever given one of your videos. I'm more or less a lifelong Louisianian and I probably eat at least 50 lbs. of crawfish a year, maybe even 100. Despite that, I never get tired of it and it's in a 3-way tie with steak and sushi for my favorite food ever. Thanks so much for doing this video too. It was totally unexpected and a great way to start my weekend.
*EscapingCrawfish to Emmy*: "Heyyyy lady, why you gotta hate on a shellfish whose just trying to get away from being on yo' dinner plate?! You ain't right..."!!!.... 😂
one of the only youtubers to cook it and peel it the right way
Love your videos. Live in New Orleans.
3 things:
1) Use Cajunland, Louisiana or Zatarains seasoning to boil (never season AFTER they leave the pot)
2) Let them sit WAAAAY longer than 2 minutes to soak up flavor.
3) What in heaven's name is that mayo/ketchup crap?!
Otherwise, keep making great videos!
Beau Fornaris, will the crawfish get chewy/tough if it soaks in the hot broth?
The “mayo ketchup crap” is a generic seafood dip a lot of people eat. It’s actually delicious.
Joshua Mattel it is absolutely foreign to a Louisiana crawfish boil. I’m not saying it isn’t delightful, it may well be, it just isn’t on our tables.
Beau Fornaris I’m like two miles away from the Gulf of Mexico lol. Every single boil I’ve ever had or been too included the seafood dip. I’ve never been to one that didn’t have it
My family use Tony Chacheres
You made me homesick! 😍❤️⚜️ Also, you correctly pronounced “New Orleans” ! Thank you! And thank you for making this video. ❤️
I'm from the UK so forgive me isn't "New Orleans" pronounced in the South particularly Louisiana as "Naw'lins"? That's how my ears hears the pronunciation.
Im like in the middle of everything, crawfish. New Orleans is about 2 hours away from where I live. There is a crawfish festival that happens every year in a neighboring city. And down the road from me is a very popular seafood restaurant that is known for its crawfish. Im not sure how well known crawfish boils are in northern states, but if you live in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and a few other states then you 100% have at least witnessed a crawfish boil. My friends mom in British and even she hosts crawfish boils.
I love this kind of video! Please make more like this. My 6yr old daughter and I love watching you.❤️❤️
For not knowing much about it, she did a pretty good job. Cajuns often add celery to the seasoned water with the onion, whole pods of garlic, smoked sausage and even extra items at the end of cooking like whole cabbage, large mushrooms and even artichokes. A product called Crab boil or seafood boil which comes in dry or liquid form is usually added.
Emmy, just know you’re always going to have huge fans like Me and my little Sister. We love what you do. Have a great day! - Ian and Regina from Slidell,Louisiana
I must say that I'm proud of you for trying Crawfish and you even sulked the head. I'm born, raised and bred in New Orleans and I Love, Love, Love boiled crawfish. We traditionally use liquid crab boil to flavor our boil along with adding smoked sausage. There is nothing quite like spicy crawfish and a cold beer on a hot summer's day. Toodaloo, take care, bbbyyyeee!!!
We do the giant communal crawfish festivities in Sweden as well. We boil them in water, beer, sugar, salt and dill and eat with cheese pie. Everyone wears funny hats and bibs and sing songs, and we have crayfish themed decorations. People also tend to get very drunk on brännvin or malört. It is usually really nice!
You also rarely suck the end of the upper body the way you did, we usually suck the juices out from the stomach and then open up the body and eat the ’butter’ in the head. You also usually eat the meat in the claws. Some people use special knives to pry them open, but I usually just bite them until they break. You take away the tail last.
Not just new Orleans!! We eat em all over the south
I visited New Orleans for a week 2 yrs ago & this video is making me miss it soooo much. New Orleans was overall amazing. Amazing food, people & live music.
Etouffee is one of my favorite dishes.
When I can't find crawfish, which is often - I substitute it with red Argentine shrimp. Which are kinda like the lobster of shrimp. Best shrimp ever.
Yes it is. It needs no seasonings either. On the pricey side but worth it.
I’m from Houston and I eat crawfish at lease 2 times a week. Louisiana hot sauce and garlic and butter is the best dipping sauce. You shouldn’t be able to feel your lips after a few pounds.
I usually make my own creole/cajun seasoning blend WITHOUT salt. There are many recipes for that online. Because you are controlling the salt content separately, you can easily add more or less of the real spices and herbs to suit your own taste.
Hi Emmy! NOLA gal here. I'm so happy you finally got to taste crawfish. They are one-of-a-kind and truly delightful -- just like EMMY! :D I have been here many generations never heard of the catsup/mayo combo for dip. I'm a city girl so maybe that's the difference? When we boil we tend to let the crawfish soak much longer than 5 minutes. Get lots of spice up in the food. Whole mushrooms are incredible in a boil because they soak up sooooo much flavor like a little sponge. It is also quite traditional to put whole heads of garlic into the boil. People eat the garlic cloves, or they smoosh it on New Orleans French bread. If you ever do crawfish again for your channel you might want to look into how people steam the crawfish right inside a cooler. It's fascinating, no propane rig needed for a boil. Having a rig and huge pot is one of the issues with boiling for large groups. The cooler method makes it more accessible to cook outdoors. Thanks for sharing. It's always a pleasure to watch your videos.
Exactly what i haven been craving the last week, and this video comes out? I say this might be a sign to have a seafood boil very, very soon!
dipping sauce for us was always ketchup n horseradish w/ some hot sauce stirred in -- never boiled like this,, always just bought liquid crab boil,, which is also good to cook potatoes in, when making mashed potatoes with cream n butter -- but it's all about what makes you happy, and every family has their own way of doing things.
Laissez Les bons temps rouler!! 💕💕💕
AHHHHHYEEEEEEEEEEE!
what wuz that.......
@@screwyou341 french for,"let the good times roll!!!!!!!"
In the summer before 6th grade, a family moved in up the street. The son had a big crush on me. One day he presented me with a crawdad which I put in a little water in a fishbowl. I then went to camp for 3 weeks. I came home to 6 crawdads in the fishbowl. My dad and I took them to a nearby duck pond.
Nibble nibble 🌽
Emmy, u are sooo adorable, well articulate and well-spoken, you are the perfect host for a UA-cam channel. I am so happy that I subscribed to your channel....keep up the great work, your awesome!!
I live waaay down at the bottom of the ‘boot’ in Houma, and I must say I’m impressed Emmy! That boil looks pretty tasty!
For the boils we do here, we load the pot with a TON of halved onions, garlic, halved lemons, sausage, mushrooms, celery, carrots, corn and red potatoes, seasoned with some Zatarain’s Seafood boil powder (less salt but more flavor than seasoning powders like you used) salt, and some stick butter. This mixture is what we cajuns call the “soup.” We cook all that down beforehand to give the water all that extra flavor, take all the veggies out so they dont overcook, then we drop the crawfish in! And we throw in some ice and soak em for a good 10-20 minutes after cooking to make sure they’re seasoned well. We pull one out for a taste test every 5 mins until we like em. Also we never “dust” them with seasoning like you did because all the flavor should be on the inside sha!! Some northern cajuns do it that way, but us southern folk frown upon it 😂
Love this episode. You did a great job for a first timer. You for got to drop some Tabasco sauce in the mayo and ketchup. Great job
My boyfriend went to college in New Orleans and came back with a love of the food there. We make crawfish ettouffee (and king cake) every year to celebrate Mardi Gras. We make our own seasoning blend without salt so that we can add lots of cajun spice. It has become my go to spice blend when cooking, and I love that I can use it generously without having to worry about over salting. We also keep a canister of store bought cajun seasoning on hand though because it's great sprinkled on lots of things too.
Emmy, you can make the Swedish version of crawfish too if you're interested! Totally different but still similar in a way. It's a tradition to eat it ones a year here, in late August to September. 😊
Cajun here! A little late to the party but I’ve been watching all your videos and I love how much care you put into doing all these dishes authentically, and you totally did these dishes justice! My family does them the same way! I’d love to send you some boudin, which is rice sausage and it’s my favorite, or some frozen andouille so you could take a crack at my family’s gumbo recipe :) much love from the swamp ❤️
Aaaaand I just saw that you already tried boudin! It was next in the queue 😂
I keep Tony Chacheres Creole seasoning in my pantry and put it in alot of things
7:43 Winston trying to make his escape lol
West Tennessee here, we love our crawdads too! This looks amazing! 😋
Sure do!
I'm from Jackson
"Nibble , Nibble " 😂😂 that looked amazing ❤🙋
I'm not a big seafood person but i absolutely love your channel❤💛💚💙💜
Worstershire and black pepper is good in the dip also!!! Love both of these! I’m from a little town about 6 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, but to the west of NOLA. We call this Cajun country. And there’s nothing like a crawfish boil with the family!!! ♥️
Emmy! Love your videos! Next boil you do add baby bell mushrooms. No matter what they really soak up the flavors. Keep up that awesome content!
Love watching this video. Down south... crawfish is a staple for many people... so it’s interesting seeing our neighbors up north getting the chance to enjoy such an amazing (and apparently hidden) gem of the sea! Delish! Emmy nailed the recipe/preparation as well.
Not a lot of real Cajun Food in New Orleans there is some and some claiming Cajun but its not. New Orleans is more Creole than Cajun. Now the difference between Cajun and Creole food is simple. Creole is City food and Cajun is Country food made with animals You hunted or raised Yourself and fish you caught. I think You did a great job on the boil and etoufee. Love all Your video's please keep them coming. I am half cajun and half Native. United Houma Nation.
Growing up in Sweden we had crayfish once a year in August at a party called kräftskiva. However, it's not until now that I've learned how to properly get the tail out of the shell. Thanks!
I’m a New Orleans native born and raised. I must say your Étouffée was on point. And you did very well within your boiled crawfish. But next time you boil crawfish look for Zatarains crawfish, shrimp, and crab boil. It comes in a liquid or powder form. You may find it at a grocery store on your international isle of you can Order offline. I personally prefer the liquid as it tend to be spicer and the powder can tend to gunk up in the pot. So you get your water add you crawfish boil and salt into the pot get it boiling and you would add your corn, and lemons and onions first as you did. Some people put cauliflower and celery in also. Once that gets a good rolling boil you add your crawfish. Boil them for a bout 5-7 minutes. Over boiling makes them harder to peel. And when you put in your crawfish you add your potatoes, smoke sausage, hot dogs . After boiling for about 5-7 min. You cut off your fire and let everything soak about 12-20 min. The longer they soak the more spice is absorbed in the food. So you can control spiciness that way. Then after soaking you would stain all the liquid off and eat up. The Mayo and ketchup is very popular down here as a dip I’ve also seen some people add horseradish to the Mayo and ketchup mixture. Melted butter is popular. And just plain vinegar also.
Your Cajun seasoning it looks like a thing of fish food😂
Thank you for representing our food and culture Emmy! I am from Lafayette La. and you are making me hungry, that etoufee and boiled crawfish was on point! The crawfish dip can be modified to taste, the base is usually mayo and ketchup, I add lemon, garlic powder, onion powder, pickapeppa, and lots of black pepper to mine, its more like a Canes sauce with lemon in it.
Lived in new Orleans 14 years- never saw the fry sauce. Don't know about that one, Emmy.
Next time, try adding some kielbasa sausage and button mushrooms to the boil. You'll thank me.
1:32 omg hi little guy aww he’s so cute!! Awww
Wooow I freaked out when the craw fish scaped the bowl!
You should try it
Emmy is a brave person never would I eat or boil something still alive.
@@kimberlys8422 crawfish eat their pray alive too
@@terrandroid I'm a hypocririte I like my meat pre-dead.
6:18 - That's also quite useful for disciplining any crawfish that try to escape.
"Get back in there you little bastard!" "Top of the food chain, HA!!"
Omg that looks soooo goooood😍😍 I love your videos ❤
My mother is from Lafayette LA, and she makes her etouffee a little different. She starts with two sticks of butter, no oil. She puts in the veggies before the flower. She also uses half / half and tomato paste to thicken the sauce, then she puts the tails in right at the end.
Back when I lived in Maryland, my brother, our friend, and I would all go crawfishing in the Patapsco river. It was a lot of fun, and afterwards we'd do a boil with what we got. It usually wasn't too terribly big, but it was enough to make three teens happy. Nowhere near as time honored as in the deep south, but damn if it wasn't a great way to spend a summer day.
Here in Arkansas we have an entire festival dedicated to crawfish called Crawdad days, it's kinda like a fair with rides and music but ultimately everyone goes for the crawfish boil!!!
Edit: it happens every May I think it might be going on this weekend so perfect timing of the video!
I'm in Arkansas near Ward Arkansas and Bebe Arkansas..
My mouth is WATERING as I watch this!! I was in New Orleans in August and didn’t get a chance to try this and I’ve been kicking myself ever since! I’m going again in June and I can’t wait to try this!!
I live in New Orleans, and that boil looked really, really good Emmy. Great job! I wish you could have had some andouille to go with it. It always tastes great with the seasoning. I normally use Tony's, but it may be harder to find in Rhode Island. Awesome video.
In Sweden we are totally obsessed with crayfish around August. That's when the crayfish season starts in Sweden.
I grew up close to a lake where we had a version of crayfish called "Swedish river crayfish". They were awsome and reproduced like crazy, so our little lake was full of them every year. Plenty for everyone.
It was my favourite time of the year, with dark but warm nights with plenty of moonlight and usually clear weather so you could see the stars. That was magic!
I picked the crayfish by hand with a little flashlight to temporarily blind them so they would freeze, but you could use a crayfish cage if you were lazy. 😆
Sadly the crayfish in our lake has died out from a disease brought to Sweden from live American crayfish (a variety we call "signal crayfish", that has a white dot on the claws, so they look like they are signalling to each other when they move their claws). That disease is slowly making the Swedish river crayfish extinct. I really miss that fishing season. 😢
It is such a problem there is a suggestion about making it illegal to sell and transport live American crayfish. It is already illegal to release them into swedish waters.
The american crayfish is slowly taking over, and they are (I would say) equally delicious, but they don't reproduce fast enough. They are seriously slow!
The interesting part is, the crayfish that you have there is not the species I am talking about, so you seem to have several different species over there.
We cook our crayfish with plenty of dill (another thing we Swedes are obsessed with 😆), salt and sugar. Some also add beer to the broth. Absolutely delicious! 👍 You should try that version too.
I still stuff my face full of them around August, only nowadays it has to be store bought. Not as good as the fresh home cooked ones, but still delicious! And we now have cooked crayfish from all over the world. You can buy Turkish, Chinese, American or Spanish crayfish. All slightly different.
And I would definitely agree with you. They ar way better than lobsters!
CRAWfish...
Ol'boy said "Mia, Im Outta here Cher'
"Wait for me Padna I'm comin to."
I never had crawfish before, I’d love too one day. 😊
Cajun! I clicked. (Even though you're not making it)Gumbo soup with crab, shrimp, rice, sausage, ocra is my favorite thing! 😍 Tony Chachere's is my favorite seasoning!
Gotta have Tony's! Can't cook chicken on the grill without Tony's!!! 😋👍
I love Tony’s too!!
Omg gumbo is the be frickin best on a cold winter day. Spicy, savory, and delicious. Although I use amberjack, shrimp, sausage, chicken, and a few chicken breasts.
Ok, Gumbo is just Gumbo, not gumbo soup. Glad you enjoy it though! Ca C'est bon!
I had Etouffee in New Orleans. I love it!!! 😊 my brother Jon and his wife made Crawfish Broil for dad, me and my elder brother Justin. They invited us to come over to have some, it was good. 😁