Crawfish Étouffée

I think this is the first freeze dried meal that has crawfish and there is a lot in the meal. The cajun/creole spice is mild but you can crank up the heat with the included hot sauce. Overall, a really great etouffee and is easily one of the top five freeze dried meals my wife and I had ever eaten.

Amazing!!! I’m new to dehydrated meals. bought a few packs of the etouffee and some other brand. the bowl & kettle was sooo flavorful, rich and just tasty. the other brand in the other hand, i had to borrow salt from a fellow hiker lol. if you had doubts, don’t. just order it and enjoy tasty food in the wilderness!

Discovered these at a Brewery in Texas near a State Park where we stayed a few days on our way from FL to AK. This was the only flavor they had and my wife wanted to try them so, we bought two. Few days later the weather was bad, so we opted to try the meal and was it good. I only got a small spoon full - yes I love her but I don't get between her and food. She couldn't wait for another bad weather day so she had the other a few days later. Great flavor, just enough kick for her. Naturally, easy to make. We just returned from another RV trip and had three of these in hand. Same review, they are great. About the same price as our other favorite camping meal. Going to add a chicken meal to our next order.

Rather than tell you that this meal is "delicious" or "tastes very good", let me tell you why. First, it's unique. You always see mac and cheese, alfredo, chili mac, etc, but rarely come across a unique Cajun style dish. This etouffe checks that box. But then, there's the quality. Each piece of ingredient looks, feels, and tastes like it was cut by hand instead of being made in a giant factory. The texture that results is exactly like a meal you'd get at a Cajun restaurant. The pieces of crawfish are tender, the vegetables have a crunch, the rice compliments the rest of the dish. But the taste is the number one. Cajun food is unique in that it relies heavily on perfect spice combinations to bring out the intricacies of the individual ingredients. In this case, you are getting the right spices and flavours to be world class, but in a dried meal reconstituted with boiling water. The fact that B&K could pull this off is amazing. It really is a crawfish etouffe meal you would get at a restaurant, but you'll be eating it in the middle of nowhere. It has some spice, but not overpowering. The crawfish and vegetables are complimentary, rather than competing. And to top it off, you have a packet of hot sauce, should you desire to add it (and you should). Overall, the number one dried meal I have ever tried. Could not recommend it more.

We bought the crawfish etouffee and the chicken tikka masala before our trip to Yosemite NP. This was our first time to try freeze dried meals, and we’re so glad we tried Bowl & Kettle! Both meals were delicious and really tasted like they were just freshly made. Lots of shrimp and chicken in both meals, as well as plenty of veggies & great tasting gravies. We’re planning a New England trip in the fall of 2025 and an Alaska road trip in 2027, and we’ll definitely be stocking up on some more meals for both trips! Thank you Bowl & Kettle for great on the road, healthy food options!