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vegetable oil onion red pepper yellow pepper celery cayenne pepper oregano salt flour water orzo pasta crawfish green onions cream
Viewed: 12 - Published at: 3 years agoIngredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 large onion, finely diced (about 3/4 cup)
- 1 red pepper, julienned
- 1 yellow pepper, julienned
- 2 ribs celery, diced
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 pound orzo pasta, cooked according to package instructions
- 1 pound peeled crawfish tails (available at fish market)
- 1/2 cup chopped green onions
- 1/3 cup cream
Method
- In a large skillet, heat oil.
- Add the onion, peppers, and celery and cook for 5 to 6 minutes or until soft.
- Add the cayenne pepper, oregano, and salt, and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the flour and cook for 1 minute, toasting the flour to a light brown color.
- Add the hot water and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat and simmer mixture for 10 minutes.
- As sauce simmers, cook the pasta, timing pasta to finish cooking at the same time as the sauce.
- Add the crawfish to sauce, and continue simmering for 5 minutes.
- Add the green onions and cook for 1 minute more.
- Add cream and heat gently.
- Spoon crawfish mixture over orzo pasta in large pasta dishes.
