119 taif recipes

Buttery crawfish mashed potatoes with garlic, chives, and heavy cream folded with a pound of crawfish tails. A Louisiana-style side dish that can steal the spotlight from any main course.

Cajun crawfish egg salad with Durkee's sauce, Dijon mustard, and a kick of cayenne. A Louisiana twist on classic egg salad that's loaded with tender crawfish tails.

Beach-style steamed crawfish layer fresh crawfish, red bliss potatoes, sweet corn, and lemon over hot seaweed. A New England-meets-Cajun shore feast.

Fresh corn seafood chowder: Louisiana-style chowder with crab, shrimp, crawfish tails, sweet corn, and bacon in a half-and-half broth. Rich one-bowl seafood feast.

Justin Wilson's Cajun crawfish boil simmers 50 pounds of live crawfish with crab boil seasoning, lemons, cayenne, sausage, corn, and potatoes. The gold standard Louisiana backyard feast.

Crispy crawfish fritters with pimentos, green onions, and a splash of liquid crab boil fried golden brown. A Cajun appetizer or snack that's crunchy outside and packed with crawfish inside.

Sauteed crawfish tails with honey in a fresh tomato-dill sauce, served over rice or pasta. A Southern-meets-Mediterranean crawfish dish with a sweet-savory twist.

Crawfish tails simmered in a creamy shrimp soup sauce with sauteed onions, garlic, bell pepper, celery, and white wine. Ladle this Cajun-style goodness over rice or pasta.

Crustless crawfish quiche made with Bisquick, cheddar cheese, and sauteed crawfish tails with garlic and celery. A no-fuss, one-dish Cajun brunch or dinner in about an hour.

Impossible crawfish pie is a crustless Cajun pie that makes its own crust: sweet crawfish tails and the trinity baked into a Swiss cheese custard with Bisquick batter. No pastry, no rolling, just pour and bake.

New Orleans-style crawfish consomme simmered with leeks, carrots, and bay leaves. A crystal-clear broth packed with sweet crawfish flavor, worthy of a masterchef.

Pan-sauteed trout topped with crawfish tails and capers in a silky lemon butter sauce made from pan drippings. A Louisiana-style fish dish with classic French technique.

Microwave lobster newburg: the classic creamy lobster and sherry sauce ready in 30 minutes from the microwave. Served over rice or toast points for a quick but elegant dinner.

Chilled lobster tails stuffed with a creamy lobster salad made with mayonnaise, tarragon vinegar, mustard, lemon juice, and fresh herbs. An elegant no-cook first course for a special dinner.

Crawfish cornbread loaded with crawfish tails, cheese, creamed corn, jalapenos, and onion. A savory Cajun cornbread that's more main dish than side.

Crawfish etouffee the easy way: the Cajun holy trinity simmered with crawfish tails, cream of mushroom soup, and tomatoes with green chiles, then ladled over rice. A weeknight shortcut to Louisiana comfort, no roux required.