Cooked crawfish



The best way to heat treatment for cancers -cooking. Prepare them always alive, pre-soaked and thoroughly washed. The main thing in this process is boiling water and salt, however there can be a lot of variations of additives. Choose for yourself the most delicious version of cooked crawfish from our recipes, depending on what dish you like more - spicy, hearty or tender. A traditional snack for beer, but you can also use it with dry white wine. In the article you will find the best recipes: simple method, classic, with dill, etc.








Crayfish boiled in beer with dill - step by step recipe



Beer is considered to be the most traditional addition toboiled crawfish. Therefore, cooking them in a beer marinade is a very good decision. It is not necessary to choose certain beers or expensive, exclusive drinks for cooking. It will be enough to have the simplest light beer of natural origin. But dark varieties can give bitterness to a ready dish, so do not experiment with them.





Necessary ingredients:




  • live crawfish - 1 or 2 kg


  • clean drinking water - 1 liter


  • light beer - 1 liter


  • fresh fennel (preferably umbrellas) - 50 gr.


  • salt - 2 tbsp. l.


  • pepper peas - 15 pcs.


  • bay leaves - 5 pcs.




Step-by-step instruction




  1. Mix beer and water in a deep saucepan. Spice the spices, dill and salt immediately before the beginning of cooking, then they will open their entire fragrance and boiled crayfish will be very fragrant. Bring the beer mixture to a boil.


  2. Live crayfish soaked in running water and throw into the boiling beer compound.


  3. Allow fresh crayfish to bud for 10-15 minutes.


  4. Cover the pan so that the crabs are still steamed in a warm beer marinade.


  5. To emphasize the taste of the fragrant formula, you can decorate ready-made crayfish with fresh parsley.







Cooked crawfish with corn and potatoes - step by step recipe




Cooked crawfish is rarely served as a main course. More often they serve as a delicious snack. However, at home, you can cook a delicious vegetable plate with crayfish, which can be a full meal for dinner. For example, crayfish and boiled potatoes with corn - an excellent option for those who are on a diet. Meat of crayfish is considered to be a low-calorie and rich in useful micronutrients. A young corn and potatoes perfectly set off the tender texture and juiciness of crayfish.





Necessary ingredients:




  • live crawfish - 2 kg


  • a large salt - 200 gr.


  • small potatoes - 1 kg


  • small heads of corn - 1 kg


  • bay leaves - 2 pcs.


  • peas of black pepper - 10 pcs.


  • lemons - 2 pcs.




Step-by-step instruction




  1. Potatoes well wash with a metal brush.


  2. Take the corn from the cobs and cut each head in half.


  3. Put the potatoes and corn on for 40 minutes in a large saucepan. Add pepper and bay leaf. Crayfish at this time put the soak in cold water. Wash lemons with rings.


  4. Add crayfish, salt and lemons in a saucepan with boiled vegetables. Cook another 10 minutes. Serve to the table with boiled lemons.







Crayfish in milk with garnish - step by step recipe



If you want to cook a delicious soup fromboiled crawfish to complement the garnish, then we offer you an option that uses milk, cream and butter. For this dish you will need cleaned loin fillets.





Necessary ingredients:




  • fresh, live crawfish - 2 kg


  • butter - 100 g


  • milk - 100 ml


  • cream - 50 ml


  • garlic - 6 denticles


  • green onions with feathers - 5-7 pcs.


  • salt


  • spices to fish - 1 tbsp. l.




Step-by-step instruction




  1. Wash the crayfish, cook for 10 minutes in boiling water, adding 3 tablespoons of salt. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a frying pan with a thick bottom.


  2. Garlic without husk, grind on garlick. Finely chop the green onions.


  3. Add both ingredients in ghee.


  4. Clean the crayfish. Boiled trunks without shells, add to melted butter and mix.


  5. Continue to simmer the butter sauce, adding milk and cream to it, for another 10 minutes.


  6. Ready-cooked crayfish in milk can be served to the table as a sauce to pasta or mashed potatoes. They will become an excellent addition to cooked rice.




On the web, there are various video recipes (from Dibrov, from Julia Vysotskaya, etc.). We offer you the best recipe for how to cook boiled crawfish



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