Crawfish Mirliton (chayote) Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1/2 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1/2 tablespoon dried basil
• 1 lb crawfish tail
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
• 1/2 teaspoon crab boil
• 4 mirlitons, chopped
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 stir dried herbs into broth and set aside.
• 2 saute crawfish tails in butter until warm and cooked through.
• 3 drain butter and crawfish juice into a pot. set crawfish aside for later.
• 4 add onions, garlic, cayenne, and crab boil to butter and cook over low heat until onions are soft.
• 5 add mirliton and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 6 pour broth into pot, cover, and simmer over low heat. 25 minutes for peeled mirliton, and 30 for unpeeled.
• 7 use a food processor or blender to puree soup.
• 8 return soup to low heat, and gradually add in crawfish tails. stir until tails are brought up to the soup's temperature.