Impress your friends with this New Orleans spin on fried rice from Hugo’s Oyster Bar.

The Louisiana-style seafood restaurant is located in Roswell and owned by C&S Restaurant Group. Hugo’s comes from the minds behind C&S Seafood and Oyster Bar, offering up the delicious flavors of the coastal American south. This crawfish fried rice recipe is sure to be a conversation starter at your next get together.

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Hugo's Oyster Bar Crawfish Fried Rice (Photo courtesy Hugo's Oyster Bar).
Hugo’s Oyster Bar Crawfish Fried Rice (Photo courtesy Hugo’s Oyster Bar).

Hugo’s Oyster Bar Crawfish Fried Rice Recipe:

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups White Rice (precooked) 
  • 1 Garlic
  • 1 Shallot
  • 1 Red Bell Peppers
  • 1 Green Bell Peppers
  • 1 Carrot
  • Sesame Oil
  • Soy Sauce
  • Butter
  • 3 oz Crawfish Tail Meat
  • Salt, Pepper, to taste
  • Paul Prudhomme’s Blackened Redfish Magic Seasoning
  • Green Onion (optional)

Directions:

  1. Prep:  Precook white rice, set aside. Chop up garlic, shallot, red and green bell peppers. Slice carrot, combine vegetables.
  2. Sauté vegetables in a pan with sesame oil until all of the vegetables are cooked together. 
  3. Add 3 oz of Louisiana crawfish tail meat and let that simmer with the veggies.  Season with salt, pepper, and Chef Paul Prudhomme’s Blackened Redfish Magic. 
  4. Add 3 cups of cooked white rice and 1 oz soy sauce. Sauté with vegetable and crawfish mixture until the rice is evenly incorporated in the skillet. 
  5. Finish with 2 oz of low sodium soy sauce and a drizzle of garlic butter. Serve with chopped green onions.

Sammie Purcell is Associate Editor at Rough Draft Atlanta.