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Sunday, July 24, 2022

Crawfish Fried Rice

An easy one pot meal, this spicy crawfish fried rice includes carrots and cabbage and is seasoned with garlic, ginger and chili peppers. It’s an ideal way to turn leftover rice into a tasty new delight. 

Food Lust People Love: An easy one pot meal, this spicy crawfish fried rice includes carrots and cabbage and is seasoned with garlic, ginger and chili peppers. It’s an ideal way to turn leftover rice into a tasty new delight.

During crawfish season here in the US south, a lot of restaurants advertise boiled crawfish specials. One nearby, serving a mix of Vietnamese and American fare, did something different: crawfish fried rice. Well, you know I had to go and try it! Shout out to Hughie's

It was very tasty and I couldn’t wait to get home and try to make my own version. Fortunately frozen crawfish are readily available year round in the freezer section at all my local grocery stores so we don’t have to wait for crawfish season to enjoy this dish. 

My only regret is that my grandmother isn't still here so I could make it for her. She was an adventurous eater and one of her favorite restaurants in her small Louisiana town was a Chinese buffet. True story: We held the celebration of my grandparents gold anniversary (50 years of marriage) in that very restaurant. 

They had a function room so we were able to speechify and honor them but still enjoy my grandmother's favorite dishes. (And my speech was well-received and everyone laughed in the appropriate places, a boost to the young speech writer that I was.)  It was a good time! 

Crawfish Fried Rice

This recipe makes about 3-4 servings, depending on how hungry your eaters are. If you can’t find cooked, frozen crawfish where you live, substitute cooked shrimp instead. 

Ingredients
1 medium carrot
1/4 medium cabbage
4 cloves garlic
2 in or 5cm knob ginger
2 small red chili peppers
2 tablespoons canola or other light oil
5 cups or 650g day-old cold, cooked rice 
12 oz or 340g cooked crawfish tails
1 egg
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine
1 tablespoon sesame oil
Optional: 2-3 sprigs cilantro for garnish

Method
Peel, crush and mince the garlic. Peel and mince the ginger. Finely slice the chili peppers and discard the stems. Peel or scrub the carrot and cut it into matchsticks. Core the cabbage and slice it thinly. 

A cutting board with sliced cabbage, matchstick carrots, slices chili peppers, minced garlic and ginger

In a small bowl, whisk the egg with the oyster sauce and set aside. 

A small bowl with egg and oyster sauce, with a whisk leaning up against it.

Heat canola oil in wok or a large non-stick skillet. Add in the garlic, ginger and chili peppers. 

A frying pan with oil and minced ginger and garlic and sliced red chili peppers.

Cook for a minute or two and then add in the carrot. 

The same frying pan with matchstick carrots added.

Cook another two minutes and push the ingredients to the sides of the pan. Pour in the egg and cook stirring until the egg is done and it’s in small curds. 

The same frying pan with cooked egg in the middle.

Stir everything together again then add the crawfish.  

The same frying pan with cooked crawfish added.

Cook on high heat for 30 seconds then add the rice. 

The same frying pan with cooked white rice added.

Stir well to combine the rice with the other ingredients, then add the sliced cabbage.

The same frying pan with sliced cabbage added.

Cook until the rice starts to get crispy then pour in the soy sauce, Shaoxing wine and sesame oil. Stir again to combine. 

The same frying pan with soy sauce, Shaoxing wine and sesame oil being added.

Serve garnished with cilantro, if desired. 

Food Lust People Love: An easy one pot meal, this spicy crawfish fried rice includes carrots and cabbage and is seasoned with garlic, ginger and chili peppers. It’s an ideal way to turn leftover rice into a tasty new delight.

Enjoy! 

Food Lust People Love: An easy one pot meal, this spicy crawfish fried rice includes carrots and cabbage and is seasoned with garlic, ginger and chili peppers. It’s an ideal way to turn leftover rice into a tasty new delight.

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Food Lust People Love: An easy one pot meal, this spicy crawfish fried rice includes carrots and cabbage and is seasoned with garlic, ginger and chili peppers. It’s an ideal way to turn leftover rice into a tasty new delight.

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