Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, seafood boil. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
An old seafood boil recipe that's especially good for family get-togethers. It's good, it's fun, and clean-up is easy. It's best done outside around a picnic table. Now toss in the shrimp, and turn the heat off!
Seafood Boil is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Seafood Boil is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook seafood boil using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Seafood Boil:
- Prepare 3 lb Snow Crab
- Make ready 2 lb Fresh Peeled Shrimp
- Prepare 1 bunch Small Potatoes bagged
- Prepare 3 Corn on the Cob
- Make ready 1 packages Louisiana Seafood Boil Seasoning
- Prepare 1 cup Butter
- Make ready Optional
- Make ready 1 dozen Eggs
- Get 1 packages Sausage
- Get 1 lb Scallop
Pour the water into a large stockpot. Add the oil, onions, celery, lemons, garlic, bay leaves, ginger, crab boil spice mix, salt, cayenne and black peppercorns and bring to a boil over high heat. While shrimp boils vary from coastal town to coastal town, most contain some variation of the following: shrimp, other types of seafood, sausage, corn, lemon wedges, and potatoes. The ingredients are boiled in a large pot, typically over an outdoor cooker.
Instructions to make Seafood Boil:
- Have large pot big enough to hold all ingredients. Fill 3/4 full of water and add seasoning. Bring to a boil.
- While water is warming up split the cobs into thirds.
- Once water is at a rapid boil add corn and potatoes. Boil for 30 minutes.
- After corn and potatoes boil for 30 minutes add crab legs (if you have sausage add now) to pot for 10 minutes.
- Finally add shrimp (scallop and eggs if you want) for the final 5 minutes.
- Turn heat off and let the food sit in the seasoned water for 5-10 minutes. Drain in a strainer in the sink.
- Lay covering on table. Covering should be something that won't allow heat from food to effect table. Pour food on table and enjoy.
While shrimp boils vary from coastal town to coastal town, most contain some variation of the following: shrimp, other types of seafood, sausage, corn, lemon wedges, and potatoes. The ingredients are boiled in a large pot, typically over an outdoor cooker. Once it's ready, the meal is often served on newspaper-covered tables for easy cleanup. Seafood boil just like Louisiana New Orleans, with shrimp, crawfish, Manila clams and a homemade Cajun seasoning and butter sauce. Seafood boils are a tradition all along the Gulf Coast, where shellfish and sausages are boiled (outdoors, of course) in a large pot of flavorful broth, and served to hungry hordes.
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