1 pound crawfish tails..( 1 lb peeled medium shrimp may be substituted or crab meat)
1 cup water
1 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon corn oil margarine
1 16 ounce can of cream style corn
2 cups skim milk-( you can use half-and half makes a much richer broth )
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups crawfish liquid
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 1/4 cup instant potato flakes
1/2 teaspoon chopped onion tops, for garnish
1/2 teaspoon parsley minced
1 tablespoon liquid crab boil
Cook crawfish in water & crab boil for 15 minutes. Drain and reserve liquid. Chop each tail into coarse pieces. Saute onions in margarine. Process corn in blender to break kernels. Add corn, milk, salt, pepper, crawfish and crawfish liquid together and bring to boil. Simmer 10 minutes and thicken with potato flakes. Garnish with green onions and parsley.
Serve with hot buttered french bread..