Crawfish Bread Bowl by Slap Ya Mama
This crawfish dip by Slap Ya Mama, is creamy, cheesy and oh so
delicious! Easy to serve, as it's baked in a bread bowl.
Ingredients:
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
- ½ red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1 (10.5-ounce) can of cream of shrimp
soup
- 1 (8-ounce) can of tomato sauce
- 1 (5.5-ounce) can vegetable juice
- ½ cup shredded Monterey jack cheese
- ½ cup half-and-half
- 1 lb cooked crawfish tails
- 2 tsp lemon zest
- Slap Ya Mama Original Blend Cajun
Seasoning, to taste
- Handful chopped green onion
- 3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- Dash of Slap Ya Mama Cajun Hot Sauce
or Green Pepper Sauce
- 1 (16-ounce) loaf Hawaiian sweet round
bread
- Garnish: chopped fresh parsley
- Assorted crackers, to serve
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 325°
- In a medium saucepan, melt
butter over medium heat. Add onion, bell peppers, and garlic; sauté
until tender. Stir in Worcestershire. Add cream cheese, stirring until
melted. Add soup, tomato sauce, and vegetable juice, stirring until well
combined. Add cheese and half- and-half, stirring until cheese is
melted.
- Season crawfish with zest and
Slap Ya Mama Original Blend Cajun Seasoning. Add crawfish mixture, green
onion, parsley, thyme and Slap Ya Mama Original Blend Cajun Seasoning to
pan. Cook over low heat until thickened, about 3 minutes. (thicken with
flour, if necessary.) Remove from heat.
- Cut top off bread round, and set
aside. Hollow out inside of loaf. make sure enough bread is left inside
so that the bread does not have any holes. Press bread down inside bowl.
Left over bread can be cubed and baked for dipping in crawfish dip.
Place bread bowl on a baking sheet. Pour crawfish mixture into bread
bowl.
- Bake for 30 minutes. Return top
of bread round to bread bowl, and cover entire round with foil. Bake 20
minutes more. Remove top of bread round, and garnish with parsley, if
desired. Serve warm with bread pieces and crackers.
Recipe and Photo Courtesy of
Slap Ya Mama Used with permission
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