Crawfish Étouffée Ingredients

These are the ingredients you'll need to make perfect crawfish étouffée recipe: 

• 7 cups water, divided
• 3 cups long grain white rice
• ¾ cup butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons canned tomato sauce
• 1 pound crawfish tails
• 6 green onions, chopped
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 ½ tablespoons Cajun seasoning, or to taste

1. Combine rice and 6 cups water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low, cover the pan, and simmer until rice is tender and water has been absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes.
2. While rice cooks, melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, until transparent. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
3. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually stir in tomato sauce and remaining 1 cup water. Add crawfish tails and bring to a simmer.
4. Stir in green onions and season with salt, pepper, and Cajun seasoning.
5. Reduce heat to low and simmer until crawfish is cooked through but not tough, 5 to 10 minutes.
6. Serve étouffée over cooked rice.