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.