Franks Place (Crawfish Etouffee)

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1⁄4 cup margarine
• 1  cup tomatoes, chopped
• 3  tablespoons flour, all-purpose
• 2  cups crawfish tail meat
• 1 1⁄2 cups onions, minced
• 1⁄4 cup parsley, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup green onion
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup celery, chopped
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2  cloves garlic, minced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper, cayenne
• 1  teaspoon tomato paste
• 2  cups rice, hot cooked
• 2  cups  fish stock (from heads and tails of fish or crawfish)

Directions

1. Melt Butter in alrge saucepan over low heat; remove from heat and stir in flur until smooth.
2. Return to heat and cook, stirring, for 10 minutes, until roux is dark brown.
3. Stir in chopped white and Green Onions, Celery and Garlic; cook about 10 minutes.
4. Add Tomato paste to fish stock; stir into Onion mixture.
5. Add Tomatoes, Crayfish, Parsley and seasonings; cover and simmer 20 minutes.
6. Serve over hot rice.