étouffée
noun
a stew of crayfish, vegetables, and seasonings, served over white rice.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Although gumbos and étouffées define much of the cooking in southern Louisiana, Mosca’s is a stalwart of another, though less celebrated, vein of the New Orleans culinary canon that came from transplanted southern Italian immigrants.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2011