Crawfish and Corn Chowder

A delicious traditional crawfish and corn chowder! Spice it up with some cayenne or Tabasco.

Ingredients

4 tablespoons butter
1 large onion, chopped fine
1/2 cup celery, chopped fine
2 gloves garlic, chopped fine
4 tablespoons flour
4 cups fresh or frozen corn
4 cups seafood or chicken stock
1 bunch green onions, chopped fine
1/4 cup chopped parsley
2 Tbsp. Crystal Hot Sauce
1 lb. cooked crawfish tails
2 cups heavy cream

Directions
Sauté onions and celery in butter over medium heat until translucent or soft. Whisk in garlic and flour, stirring until well blended. Add corn and stock and stir until soup comes to a soft boil and thickens. Add green onions, parsley and Crystal Hot Sauce. Simmer 20 minutes. Add crawfish and cream. Simmer 5 minutes more. Salt and pepper to taste. (Note: Half & half or no-fat half & half can be substituted for heavy cream. Crab meat or shrimp can be substituted for crawfish.) Serves 8.

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Cajun Taco Soup

For those of you who like both Cajun food, and tacos, this delightful Cajun taco soup is the perfect recipe for you. It sort of blends together Mexican food and Cajun Food, all in one soup. It is very simple to make, and only requires 15 minutes to cook.

Ingredients

2 Pounds of Ground Beef

2 Cans of Stewed Tomatoes

1 Package of Buttermilk

2 Chopped Onions

1 Package of Spicy Taco Seasoning (Any Brand is OK)

1 Can of Pepper Seasoning

2 Cups of Beans (Optional)

Directions

The directions are quite simple. All you need to do is cook your ground beef, and place it in a bigger soup pan. From there, just put the rest of your ingredients in, starting with the stewed tomato sauce. You can put in the rest of the ingredients in any order you chose. We recommend you put the taco seasoning in last.