JazzFest in New Orleans is the only place where you can get authentic Crawfish Monica. The Kajun Kettle Foods Booth sells bowl after bowl of this delicious creamy pasta to a never-ending line of festival goers. The original recipe is top secret and worth the wait at Jazz Fest. To tide us over, we tried...
Crawfish Etouffee is an under-an-hour dish that anyone can master. Unlike many of the long-cooking, make-a-roux dishes (totally worthy it, btw), etouffee is a quick-cooking bowl of comfort. Blonde roux binds things together while Bayou Seafood Blend brings home the flavor. Serve this with plenty of steamed rice and sliced scallions. Spicy and delicious!