Crawfish and fatty rotel dip

Thatgrimguy

Started by smoking a fatty on my small egg

 

Then melt Velveeta, cream cheese and rotel in a pot. Once it's melted break up the fatty and add that.


I also threw a bag of frozen crawfish tails I peeled with help at Butt Blast in the sous vide at 140 for an hour before adding it to the dip.



Best. Rotel. EVER.

Eat with these chips.

theyolksonyou

Wow, crawfish is an awesome idea. 

nolaegghead

Looks delicious Scott...never thought to use crawfish like that.  Will keep it in mind as we stock frozen crawfish all year round.  

One lesson I learned - the farther away from Louisiana you go, the pounds per person of boiled crawfish drops.

Thatgrimguy

theyolksonyou said:

Wow, crawfish is an awesome idea. 

I'm about to grill some fresh ground burgers and use this for cheese. It's getting crunk.

saluki2007

Looks great. Guess I know what Ill be making once football season starts. I wish I could get some crawfish up here in the midwest. Closet Ive come too was an etouffee. No body does just boil. 

Thatgrimguy

saluki2007 said:

Looks great. Guess I know what Ill be making once football season starts. I wish I could get some crawfish up here in the midwest. Closet Ive come too was an etouffee. No body does just boil. 

You may find some frozen tails. I've bought them frozen and peeled before and made this and it's good too. 

saluki2007

Thatgrimguy said:

saluki2007 said:

Looks great. Guess I know what Ill be making once football season starts. I wish I could get some crawfish up here in the midwest. Closet Ive come too was an etouffee. No body does just boil. 

You may find some frozen tails. I've bought them frozen and peeled before and made this and it's good too. 

Good to know. 

Jonathan1970

Excellent post and just in time for football season!

Thatgrimguy

This is decadent right here. Fresh ground brisket trimmings with that rotel as the topping... 

YEMTrey

I'm on my way!

NorthPilot06

That just isn't right. We all look like amateurs next to you...if only there was a restaurant that served that sandwich (I'd be a regular). 

RedSkip

Up north it's hard to get mud bugs, but perhaps Jumbo Lump crab in its place...?  Looks great!

Legume

My heart just stopped.  Damn.

bgebrent

Damn Scott!  Great idea!

Biggreenpharmacist

Holy sh!t. 

theyolksonyou

That don't suck

Gamecockeggman

Haaaave Mercy!

JohnnyTarheel

Dang..... I want some!!

shtgunal3

Looks great! I love rotel dip. We put no beans chili in ours. I'll have to try it with the fatty.

Is the fatty just a package of sausage or is there more to it ?

4Runner

Awesome.  Great looking.  Where can us non-Louisiana boys get some good crawfish?  

Ps - I'm doing this for my next big "bring something" gathering....I'll need to rename the crawfish.  

Thatgrimguy

shtgunal3 said:

Looks great! I love rotel dip. We put no beans chili in ours. I'll have to try it with the fatty.

Is the fatty just a package of sausage or is there more to it ?

Covered in your favorite dry rub and smoked to 145-155 depending how you like it. But yeah, just Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage. 

Thatgrimguy

RedSkip said:

Up north it's hard to get mud bugs, but perhaps Jumbo Lump crab in its place...?  Looks great!

I bet that would be good. Hard to go wrong with rotel dip.

NC_Egghead

You're killin' me! The dip looks awesome but then you added it to the brisket Sammy! You win!

AlexKeenan

Please explain what "Started by smoking a fatty on my small egg" means.

nolaegghead

Sweet!

Whoever boiled those crawfish, initially, a geni-ass!  Just fkn wif ya!

We're coming down to a brisket fest date.  Hope you can make it mo fo!

Thatgrimguy

AlexKeenan said:

Please explain what "Started by smoking a fatty on my small egg" means.

Let me introduce you to your new favorite thing.

A naked fatty is a breakfast sausage roll covered in dry rub and smoked. I use Jimmy Dean. You can also wrap it in bacon and stuff it with all kinds of stuff (cheese, eggs, peppers, etc). It's a very popular item around the internet.

shtgunal3

I'll be "smoking a fatty" real soon. I happen to have a surplus of fresh sausage right now.

Thatgrimguy

shtgunal3 said:

I'll be "smoking a fatty" real soon. I happen to have a surplus of fresh sausage right now.

You can get crazy with it. But start with a naked fatty.

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1184090/my-first-explosion/p1

shtgunal3

Have you ever done one from frozen?

Thatgrimguy

shtgunal3 said:

Have you ever done one from frozen?

yes, no ill effect that I could tell. just make sure you go low and slow

Hotch

Just to add a bit. I usually throw on a few naked fatties whenever I smoke anything low and slow. When they are done, I let them cool a bit and then in the fridge they go.
Once cold, I slice them thick and and vac seal 4 or 6 to a bag. Then into the freezer.
Then whenever we need sausage patties we take out 1 bag and either pan fry or nuke them.
This way the my Egg is doing double duty.