Crawfish Or Shrimp Etouffee - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup vegetable oil
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 large onion, chopped
1 large green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 cups crawfish stock or 2 cups bottled clam juice
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons butter
8 green onions, thinly sliced
2 lbs crawfish tails, peeled or 1 1/2 lbs peeled and deveined shrimp
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
3 cups hot cooked white rice

Preparation

In a large heavy saucepan or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium for 1 minute.
Add the flour and cook over med. to med.-high heat, stirring constantly, for 6 to 10 min., or until the roux turns a rich mahogany color.
Add the onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, for 4 min., or until the vegetables begin to.
soften.
Whisk in the stock, bring to a boil over med.-high heat, and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute
Stir in the basil, thyme, cayenne, and salt.
Reduce the heat to low and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, for 10 minute.
In a large skillet, melt 3 tablespoons of the butter over med. heat.
Add the green onions and the crawfish tails and cook, stirring frequently, for 3 minute or until the crawfish turns pink.
Stir in the lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce.
Add the crawfish mixture to the roux base.
Cut the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter into small pieces. Reduce the heat to very low and add the butter to the mixture, 1 piece at a time, stirring well after each addition.
Stir in the parsley and hot-pepper sauce.
To serve, divide the rice among 6 serving plates and spoon the mixture over rice.