This hearty Cajun appetizer is inspired by a Louisiana restaurant favorite.
Crusty French bread is topped with a delicious blend of crawfish, cheese, and spices and baked until melted and gooey!
When we lived in Louisiana one of our favorite local restaurants was called Luna Bar and Grill in Lake Charles.
One of my favorite meals at Luna was their Ambrosia Style Salad and their 3 Cheese Crawfish Bread.
Since we now live in Missouri I thought I would recreate our favorite dish at home!
My husband requested this bread for his last birthday celebration dinner. It was a huge hit!
Cajun Crawfish Bread
Ingredients
- 1 loaf French bread halved lengthwise
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1/2 large yellow onion diced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 3 green onions diced
- 1 lb crawfish tails cooked
- 1 tsp Cajun seasoning
- 1 8 oz package cream cheese softened
- ½ cup mayo
- 1 tsp spicy or Creole mustard
- 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese shredded
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese shredded
- 1 tsp paprika
- parsley chopped for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat then add onion.
- Cook until softened then add garlic, stirring until fragrant.
- Add crawfish and green onion and cook for about five minutes until heated.
- Finally stir in cream cheese and Cajun seasoning until smooth and remove from heat.
- In a bowl add mayo, mustard, and both shredded cheeses. Stir until smooth.
- Add halved bread cut side up on a large baking sheet.
- Spread mayo mixture on both bread halves.
- Top each half with crawfish mixture, spreading to cover.
- Sprinkle paprika all over the bread.
- Bake until melted, about 15 minutes.
- Turn oven to broil and brown for about 2 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool slightly.
- Sprinkle on parsley and slice and serve warm.
For The Love of Food Blog
In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat then add onion.
Cook until softened then add garlic, stirring until fragrant.
This is a great way to use up leftover crawfish from a seafood boil or simply buy a pack of frozen cooked crawfish tails and defrost.
Add crawfish and green onion and cook for about five minutes until heated.
Finally stir in cream cheese and Cajun seasoning until smooth and remove from heat.
In a bowl add mayo, mustard, and both shredded cheeses. Stir until smooth.
Add halved bread cut side up on a large baking sheet.
Spread mayo mixture on both bread halves.
Top each half with crawfish mixture, spreading to cover.
Sprinkle paprika all over the bread.
Bake at 375 degrees until melted, about 15 minutes.
Turn oven to broil and brown for about 2 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool slightly.
Sprinkle on parsley.
Slice and serve warm. Enjoy!
The birthday boy was so excited, as you can see!
I have not had crawfish bread before but this looks absolutely yummy.
This Cajun Crawfish Bread looks really appetizing! It be loved by my family over the meal.
What an interesting bread. I have never had something like this and it would be a neat dish to try.
Oohh how incredible mouth watering !!! and yummy!! I would have to show this to my hubby because he’s the big time cook in the house and he loves all things new to try. I love bread so he’ll have no problems making this for us lol.. OMG, thanks for sharing.
I really need to try this, for the pictures it looks delicious and something so different from what we normally have at home
Your good knowledge and kindness in playing with all the pieces were very useful. They are really nice article shared! Thanks for sharing wonderful information.
This Cajun Crawfish Bread looks amazing! The cheesy, spicy combination sounds perfect for a party appetizer. Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe—I can’t wait to try it!