variants
or less commonly etouffee
: a Cajun stew of shellfish or chicken served over rice
Examples of étouffée in a Sentence
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That commitment would be worth celebrating with a crawfish etouffee, a sazerac, and a New Orleanian brass band.
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Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Guests can choose from classics like crawfish etouffee and seafood gumbo or branch out with dishes like crab meat au gratin and homemade chili.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025
Check it out below: Regional specialties maintain strong local followings, with dishes like funeral
potatoes in the Mountain West and crawfish etouffee in Louisiana reflecting
distinct cultural heritage.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2025
There are plenty of traditional Cajun or Creole recipes, like gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice, etouffee, muffaletta, beignets.
—Katie Workman, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
Other items include traditional New Orleans fare like chicken sausage gumbo, lobster and crawfish etouffee, muffulettas and beef tenderloin poboys.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
There are small plates like mushroom etouffee and plantain hoe cake, and larger dishes such as lobster escovitch and berbere roasted chicken with jollof rice.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024
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Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Guests can choose from classics like crawfish etouffee and seafood gumbo or branch out with dishes like crab meat au gratin and homemade chili.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025
Check it out below: Regional specialties maintain strong local followings, with dishes like funeral
potatoes in the Mountain West and crawfish etouffee in Louisiana reflecting
distinct cultural heritage.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2025
There are plenty of traditional Cajun or Creole recipes, like gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice, etouffee, muffaletta, beignets.
—Katie Workman, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
Other items include traditional New Orleans fare like chicken sausage gumbo, lobster and crawfish etouffee, muffulettas and beef tenderloin poboys.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
There are small plates like mushroom etouffee and plantain hoe cake, and larger dishes such as lobster escovitch and berbere roasted chicken with jollof rice.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024
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“étouffée.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%C3%A9touff%C3%A9e. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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