Serves: 5
Total Calories: 85

3 tablespoons shortening
3 tablespoons flour
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 pound crawfish tails, peeled, ground
1/2 cup crawfish fat
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon red pepper
2 teaspoons salt

Make roux with shortening and flour; cook until light brown. Add onion; cook until done. Add crawfish and fat, water, and seasonings. Cook 20 minutes and serve on open-face hot dog bun.


Fun Fact: Chretien Point Plantation just north of Lafayette, Louisiana, was built in 1831. The 12-room mansion features a magnificent staircase that was reproduced for Tara in the movie Gone With the Wind. Legend has it that a thieving pirate was shot on his way up that staircase, and that his ghost climbs it still.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 5
Total Calories: 85
Calories from Fat: 66

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