04/01/2025
🦞♨️🥔 CRAWFISH BAKED POTATO 🥔♨️🦞
😃 This spicy Cajun version of a plain and simple baked potato is a showcase of how good this humble dish can be. 🌶️🦞🥔
INGREDIENTS
🥔 2 large russet potatoes
🫒 1 tablespoon olive oil
🧈 1 stick unsalted butter
🧅 ½ cup diced yellow onions
🥬 ½ cup diced celery
🌱 2 tablespoons diced green onion tops
🧄 1 teaspoon minced garlic
🌶️ 1 tablespoon Cajun Seasoning
🌶️ Dash of hot sauce
🧂 Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
🦞 1 pound Louisiana crawfish tails
🧀 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
🥄 2 tablespoons sour cream
INSTRUCTIONS
• Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Wash and dry the potatoes. Using a fork, poke a few holes in each side to allow moisture to escape during cooking.
• Coat the potatoes with olive oil and slice in half vertically. Keep the two halves together and wrap the pre-sliced potato in aluminum foil.
• Bake in the oven until completely tender, about 1 hour.
• Unwrap and scoop out the inside flesh of the potato without breaking through the outer skin.
• Chop the scooped-out flesh of the potato into small pieces. Keep warm.
• Preheat the oven to 400ºF. In a skillet over medium-high heat, add the butter. Add the onions, celery, and green onion tops and cook until the onions turn translucent, about 5 minutes. • Add the garlic, seasoning, and hot sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Turn off the heat and add the crawfish tails along with the potato flesh that was scooped out earlier.
• Mix thoroughly to combine and add the cheese and sour cream. Mix together. Stuff the crawfish mixture back into the potato shells and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Place in the oven and bake until the cheese is melted and the tops begin to brown, about 30 to 40 minutes.
• Serve with a salad as an entrée or as a side dish with a perfectly grilled steak.
👨🍳PREP TIME : 30 mins
♨️ COOK TIME : 120 mins
