Catfish Stew or Étouffée (Louisiana style 🐊🦞)

codyW
codyW @cook_13757977
Maurepas Louisiana

One recipe of the many ways of cooking a catfish stew in ole Louisiana

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Ingredients

  1. 4 lbs catfish
  2. 4 onions chopped
  3. 1 green bellpepper 1 red bellpepper
  4. 2 tbs rue
  5. 1 can rotel
  6. 1 can cream of mushroom
  7. 1 can cream of celery
  8. 2 tbs Cajun seasoning
  9. 1 tsp salt
  10. 1 tsp black pepper
  11. 1 tbs garlic powder
  12. 1 pack Green onions chopped I did
  13. Red pepper is optional

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Make a rue or buy jar rue I did 1/2 cup grease to half cup of flour an had a little extra

  2. 2

    Melt butter an add rue, then add rotel,tomatoes sauce plus half of the can of water, onions,peppers and seasons an simmer for a hour.

  3. 3

    Add cream of mushroom an cream of celery now I added little bit of water not much bc the fish gonna have water in it an I checked my seasoning to see if I need more, then let simmer for 30 mins.

  4. 4

    As catfish an green onions an let simmer for 20 more mins then it will be done, serve over rice.

  5. 5

    All done !

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Comments (3)

Robert Otis
Robert Otis @1958sito
No you committed sacrilege. Cream of anything is not real Cajun cooking. You can get away with Rotel.

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