Crawfish Boulettes With Creole Tartar Sauce
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INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 25 minutes
  • Servings: 40 boulettes
  • Preparation Time: 10 minutes
  • 1/2 cup chopped onions
  • 1/4 cup chopped bell peppers
  • 1/4 cup chopped celery
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1 pound peeled crawfish tails or 1 pound cooked and peeled shrimp
  • 3 slices stale bread, broken into small pieces
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 3 tablespoons chopped green onions
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1 1/2 cups dried fine bread crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon Emeril's Bayou Blast, plus more for seasoning
  • Solid vegetable shortening or vegetable oil for deep-frying
  • Creole Tartar Sauce
  • 1 egg *
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons chopped green onions
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon Creole or whole-grain mustard
  • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS
  1. In a food processor with a metal blade, combine the onions, peppers, celery, garlic, crawfish tails, bread pieces and egg together. Pulse the mixture a few times to finely chop the mixture. Do not puree. Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl and stir in the green onions and parsley. Season the mixture with salt, pepper, and cayenne.
  3. Fill a large, heavy stockpot or saucepan with shortening or oil to a depth of 3 inches. Preheat oil to 360ยบ F.
  5. Shape the mixture into small balls, about 1 tablespoon each. Season the bread crumbs with the 1 tablespoon of Bayou Blast. Roll the balls into the seasoned bread crumbs. Fry the boulettes until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Remove from the oil and drain on a paper-lined plate. Season with additional Bayou Blast. Serve hot with Creole Tartar Sauce.
  7. For tartar sauce:
  8. Put the egg, lemon juice, green onions, garlic, Creole mustard, and parsley in a food processor and puree for 15 seconds. With the processor running, pour the oil through the feed tube in a steady stream. Add the cayenne and salt and pulse once or twice to blend.
  10. Cover and let sit for 1 hour in the refrigerator before using. Best if used within 24 hours.