How To Eat Boiled Crawfish

Grasp

Hold crawfish on both sides of the tail joint, your thumbs on one side of the shell and your index fingers on the other.

Twist and Snap

With a twisting motion, snap the head away from the tail. (Optional step for diehards: Suck the juice from the crawfish head.)

Peel

Use your thumbs to peel away the shell from the widest part of the tail, pulling back from the center, just as you would peel a shrimp.

Tug

Hold the tip of the tail and gently tug out the tender meat. Enjoy! (Don’t live on the bayou? Order online at lacrawfish.com.)

Recipes

Try out some of our favorite crawfish recipes.

• Recipes:
   Crawfish Boil
   Crawfish Risotto
   Crawfish Étouffée
   Crawfish Jambalaya