How to Make Chicken Etouffee at Home

A takeoff on Shrimp or crawfish etouffee, Chicken Etouffee is New Orleans’ delicacy. It is smothering of meat in a sauce with a roux which is a mixture of fat and flour cooked together. Chicken Etouffee establishes itself as a Cajun/ Creole main dish. Also, it is easy and quick to make. Your mouth would water at the mere sight of this lip-smacking dish.

My mother cooks delicious Chicken Etouffee and it’s one of my favourite dishes. She generally cooks some long rice to be served alongside it. Once we hosted my father’s business partners at our home. And my mother served them white wine with Chicken Etouffee. They were all in praise of her. You too can add such additional things to the main dish. Isn’t that amazing?

So, if you want to know how to make Chicken Etouffee at home, I have brought Chicken Etouffee Recipe for you. Enjoy the process!

Ingredients required for Chicken Etouffee Recipe

Ingredients	Amount
Butter	2 tbsp
Oil	2 tbsp
Chopped onion	1
Minced garlic	3 cloves
Chopped celery	1/2 cup
Chopped green bell pepper	1
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts	6
Flour	1/4 cup
Cayenne Pepper	1/8 tsp
Cajun or Creole seasoning blend	1 1/2 tsp
Chicken broth	1(14 ounces) can
Diced tomatoes, undrained	1(14 ounces)
Tomato paste	2 tbsp
Small raw shrimp, deveined and peeled	1 pound

How much time will it take?

Preparation time	Cooking time	Total time
25 minutes	35 minutes	1 hour

Chicken Etouffee Recipe

1. Take a large skillet.
2. Over medium heat, melt butter and oil.
3. Now, stir in vegetables.
4. In the meantime, chop chicken breasts into 3 pieces each. Dredge the pieces in flour, cayenne pepper and seasoning blend mixture.
5. Take out the vegetables from skillet and place them on a plate.
6. The coated chicken and remaining flour mixture are to be added to the skillet.
7. Let it cook with occasional stirring for about 5-7 minutes. Ensure they get browned.
8. Now, again put the vegetables back to the skillet along with chicken broth, tomatoes or tomato paste.
9. Let it boil. Then reduce heat.
10. Let them cook over a simmer until chicken gets cooked thoroughly and the sauce gets thickened. It would take about 10-15 minutes.
11. Now put shrimp to the skillet.
12. Cook for about 5 minutes over a simmer until shrimp curls and turns pink.
13. You can serve it with hot cooked rice.

Nutritional information of Chicken Etouffee Recipe

Calories	479.7
Proteins	22.1 g
Carbohydrates	60.2 g
Sugars	2.6 g
Dietary fiber	3.1 g
Saturated fats	8.2 g
Fats	16.1 g
Cholesterol	69.4 mg
Calcium	51.6 mg
Iron	3.9 mg
Potassium	334.7 mg
Sodium	1297.7 mg
Vitamin C	20 mg
Magnesium	42.2 mg

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