Potato Salad: Cajun Potato Salad

posted by Buny 01-26-103 12:21 AM

Cajun Potato Salad
Recipe By: Richard Heyd

2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 bunch shallot, greens only
2 pounds crawfish tails
1 tablespoon liquid smoke flavoring
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 pounds bacon, fried and crumbled
5 pounds red potatoes, boiled in skins, cut up
16 ounces mayonnaise
12 eggs, hard boiled, chopped
1 cup creole mustard
1/2 cup yellow mustard
2 tablespoons Tabasco sauce
salt and pepper to taste


In medium-size skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add garlic and shallots; cook until wilted. Add crawfish tails, liquid smoke and Worcestershire sauce. Cook for 15 minutes; cool. Add bacon and set aside.

Mix potatoes, mayonnaise and egg whites in a three-gallon bowl.

In a separate bowl, mash egg yolks and mix with mustards and Tabasco Sauce. Combine mustard mixture and potatoes. Stir in crawfish. Salt and pepper to taste. Serves 10 to 12.

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