Easy Crawfish Balls Recipes

CRAWFISH BALLS

Steps:

• In a medium pot warm crawfish thoroughly on low heat. Stir in 1 teaspoon of Louisiana crawfish boil mix (I used 1 tablespoon because I like it spicy) use up to 1 tablespoon if you want it spicy. Remove crawfish from heat once warmed. Stir in lemon juice, mix well and set aside.
• Chop onion, garlic, and green onion in food processoror chopper
• Using a strainer to drain all the liquid from the crawfish, once drained then place crawfish in the food processor on top of the chopped vegetable
• Chop the crawfish up into pieces be careful not to make the crawfish mushy; they should be chunky.
• Pour the crawfish mixture into a large mixing bowl, add remaining ingredients. Chop the parsley with a knife.
• Mix ingredients well with clean hands or use gloves.
• Shape crawfish mixture into golf size balls. Place on a cookie sheet. Should make 20 balls.
• Roll balls in flour. I stirred in 1 teaspoon of garlic powder into the flour. Heat cooking oil in deep fryer to 350 degrees. Fry 3-4 balls at a time in deep fryer until brown. Please be careful when cooking with hot oil.
• Once crawfish balls are brown, carefully remove them with a slotted spoon and place onto a cookie sheet lined with paper towels. Serve warm and enjoy!

EASY CRAWFISH BALLS

Steps:

• After thawing, drain the fat off of the crawfish; reserve the fat.
• Roughly chop the crawfish; set aside.
• Melt butter in a pan.
• Add in the onions, bell pepper, celery, and garlic.
• Sauté for 2-3 minutes
• Add in the crawfish fat, liquid crab boil, 1 TBS Cajun/creole seasoning, and onion powder.
• Stir and simmer for 3 minutes.
• Add in the crawfish tails and stir until crawfish are warm; about 2 minutes. Do not overcook.
• Turn off the heat and remove the pan from the stove.
• Stir in 1 cup of the breadcrumbs and all of the green onions into the mixture.
• Allow the mixture to cool to room temperature.
• Create a breading station by whisking the egg and milk in a bowl.
• Next, pour the flour in one shallow dish and mix 1 TBS of Cajun seasoning into the flour.
• Add the remaining 1 cup of breadcrumbs into another shallow dish.
• When the crawfish mixture has cooled, form it into 1 inch balls.
• Heat oil to 350°F for frying.
• Dredge each ball into the flour, then the egg wash, and finally into the breadcrumbs.
• Fry the balls for 3 mins or until golden brown.
• Drain on a wired rack.
• Enjoy!

CRAWFISH BALLS

Steps:

• Saute onions in butter until translucent & just beginning to brown. Add garlic and green onion and saute for a few more minutes, watching it carefully so the garlic doesn't burn.
• Add crawfish and stir. Remove from heat and add parsley and bread crumbs, mix to combine.
• Combine beaten egg and Worcestershire sauce in small bowl, then add to crawfish mixture. If the mixture is too wet, add a little more bread crumbs.
• Wetting your hands to keep the mixture from sticking to your hands too much, form golf ball sized balls.
• Roll balls in flour and then fry in hot oil until lightly browned.

CRAWFISH BOUDIN BALLS, ANDOUILLE GRITS AND COLLARD GREEN CHOWCHOW

Steps:

• For the collard green chowchow: Combine the collard greens, cabbage, green tomatoes, red onions, bell peppers, mustard seed and turmeric in a nonreactive heatproof bowl. Bring the vinegar and sugar to a boil, then pour over the vegetables. Marinate for at least 1 hour.
• For the andouille grits: Render the andouille in a skillet over medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes. Add the stock, milk and cream, and bring to boil. Season with salt and pepper. Add the grits and cook, stirring frequently, for 30 to 40 minutes. Finish off with the Gouda and green onions. Keep warm.
• For the crawfish boudin balls: In a large pan over medium-high heat, saute the celery, garlic, onions and bell peppers in the olive oil and butter for 12 minutes, until cooked through.
• Meanwhile, pulse half of the crawfish a couple times in a food processor. Add the chopped crawfish and the whole crawfish to the pan of vegetables; saute for 10 minutes. During cooking, add the lemon juice, breadcrumbs, crab boil, Parmesan, Creole spice and rice. Finish off with the green onions and parsley. Spread on a baking sheet and let cool.
• Roll the boudin mixture into six balls. Arrange the flour, egg wash and panko in separate bowls; season with salt and pepper. Dredge the balls in flour, dip in egg wash and coat in panko.
• Deep-fry the boudin balls at 350 degrees F for 7 to 10 minutes, until golden brown.
• Serve two boudin balls to a plate, accompanied by grits and chowchow.

CRAWFISH BALLS

Steps:

• 1. Chop 1/2 the bag of crawfish tails and leave other 1/2 whole. Add crushed croutons( will have to put in food processor or can crush with a meat cleaver). Add all ingredients except for fish fry, this will be what you will roll the crawfish balls into before frying. Once ingredients are mixed together, roll into any size ball desired. If the mixture is too dry, add a small amount of water. Roll the balls into fish fry, drop into deep fryer. Cook for 6-8 minutes, or until golden brown, drain on paper towels.
• 2. Sauce: cup of ketchup, mayonaise, 2 tsp of hot sauce, 1/2 tsp lemon juice,blend together. This will be the sauce to dip the crawfish balls in.

CRAWFISH BALLS

Steps:

• 1. Grind crawfish, onions and bread together. Add egg, parsley, and green onions and mix thoroughly.
• 2. Season with salt and pepper and mix. Shape mixture into quarter-sized balls. Roll balls lightly in bread crumbs.
• 3. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Makes about 3 1/2 dozen.

CRAWFISH BISQUE BALLS

Steps:

• Bisque Balls: Using a meat grinder/food processor, grind, or chop, crawfish tails, onions, & celery.
• Mix in bread crumbs, eggs, salt, red pepper & parsley. Form into small balls (slightly smaller than a golf ball).
• Place on greased baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes at 350*.
• Gravy: Heat oil in large, heavy pot. Stir in flour. Continually stir until roux is a caramel color. Add onions & celery & saute' until veggies are tender.
• Add water, salt, red pepper, & tomato sauce. Let boil a few minutes.
• Add crawfish balls & remaining 1 lb crawfish tails. Simmer 20 minutes or more. Adjust seasoning if needed.
• If desired, add the chopped green onions & parsley just prior to serving.
• Serve over cooked rice.