Crawfish Beignets With Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
Beignets
- 1 Egg – Beaten
- 1 Lb Chopped, Cooked Crawfish
- 4 Green Onions – Chopped
- 1 1/2 tsp Butter – Melted
- 1 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper adjust for your taste
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/3 Cup Olive Oil
Sauce
- 3/4 Cup Mayonnaise
- 1/2 Cup Ketchup
- 1/4 tsp Ground Horseradish I use more horseradish and less hot sauce
- 1/4 tsp Hot Sauce of your choosing
Instructions
- Mix all of the sauce ingredients and refrigerate
- Heat frying oil in a pan or heat oil in deep fryer. Oil should shimmer when up to temp
- Mix egg, crawfish, onion, butter, salt and cayenne
- Stir in flour until blended
- Drop batter by tablespoonfuls into oil
- When browned, turn over and fry the other side
- Drain on paper towel
- Serve with dipping sauce
Notes
This recipe is easy, quick and so very good. Any seafood can be substituted for the crawfish.
