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Killer Cajun Shrimp & Crawfish

Name: Killer Cajun Shrimp & Crawfish
Yield: 4
Ingredients: -- THE AROMATICS:; ½ small onion, diced; 1 celery rib, diced; 5 cloves Garlic, minced; 1 stick of butter; -- THE SPICES:; 2 T Dried or fresh rosemary; 2 tsp Dried thyme; 1 T Dried fennel; 2 tsp Celery seed; 1 T Crushed red pepper flakes (less if you don’t like it too spicy, you can always add more later); 2 tsp Black Pepper (again, use less if you’re a wimp); 2 tsp kosher or sea salt; -- THE BROTH; 1.5 quarts Chicken broth (low sodium and organic – because you already got a whole stick o’ butter in it already, might as well add some sort of health benefit to this dish); 16 oz Bottled Clam juice; 1/2 lemon (cut in half just throw both pieces in the broth); 3 oz. Tomato paste; 1 cup White wine; -- THE SHRIMP OR CRAWFISH:; 2 lbs Shrimp or 4 lbs Crawfish

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

682

Calories

86g

Protein

19g

Fat

39g

Carbs

What these numbers assume — 17 portions →

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Clam	100g cooked	148
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Fennel	1/2 bulb (87g)	27
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Celery Seed	1 stalk (40g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

-- THE AROMATICS:
½ small onion, diced
1 celery rib, diced
5 cloves Garlic, minced
1 stick of butter
-- THE SPICES:
2 T Dried or fresh rosemary
2 tsp Dried thyme
1 T Dried fennel
2 tsp Celery seed
1 T Crushed red pepper flakes (less if you don’t like it too spicy, you can always add more later)
2 tsp Black Pepper (again, use less if you’re a wimp)
2 tsp kosher or sea salt
-- THE BROTH
1.5 quarts Chicken broth (low sodium and organic – because you already got a whole stick o’ butter in it already, might as well add some sort of health benefit to this dish)
16 oz Bottled Clam juice
1/2 lemon (cut in half just throw both pieces in the broth)
3 oz. Tomato paste
1 cup White wine
-- THE SHRIMP OR CRAWFISH:
2 lbs Shrimp or 4 lbs Crawfish

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By steamykitchen · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

Killer Cajun Shrimp & Crawfish

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