Gaido's Crawfish Chili
To this day, the legendary Gaido's in Galveston continues to serve the Crawfish Chili I fell in love with as a child. It's incredible! Don't let the name fool you...it's surprisingly sweet! And it comes topped with gooey goat cheese.
Ingredients
- 1 oz olive oil
- 1 tablespoon garlic
- 2 tablespoons green onion
- 2 teaspoons Chili flake
- 3 ounces fluidwhite wine
- 5 ounces crawfish tails
- 1.5 ounces unsalted butter
- T t. salt
- Small pinch sugar
- Very small pinch saffron 8 fibers
- 2 silver dollar medallions goat cheese
- 2 half moon shape crostinis
Instructions
- Heat Olive Oil in Pan. Sweat Green Onion and Garlic (NO COLOR, JUST SWEAT). Add chili flake until a paste-like consistency is formed. Add crawfish tails and W. wine. Reduce by 80%. Mount with butter. Add saffron and season.
- Place in Chili bowl and torch goat cheese for 3 seconds (no color, just slightly melted).
- Garnish with green onion tops and crostinis.
Notes
Recipe courtesy of Gaido's.
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