Boiled Crawfish And Crabs
- 3 1/2 boxes salt
- 8 oz. cayenne pepper
- 4 bags crab boil
- 1 small bottle liquid crab boil
- 6 lemons, cut like twister fries
- 10 lb. new potatoes
- 8 ears corn, cut in half
- 4 large onions, quartered
- 6 cloves garlic
- 2 bunches celery
- 7 gal. water (large pot)
- bag of ice
- 30 to 40 lb. sack crabs or crawfish
- Bring water to a boil. Add salt; mix and taste. (If it almost takes your breath, it's enough).
- Has to be too salty. Add lemons, onions, celery, garlic, pepper and crab boil (both kinds).
- Let come to a hard boil.
- Put in crawfish and let come to a boil again.
- Time 5 minutes. Add potatoes and corn. After 2 1/2 minutes, turn off flame. Add bag of ice to cool.
- Let stand for 20 to 30 minutes.
- Boil crabs
- 10 minutes to boil.
- The rest is same as crawfish.
- Turn crabs stomach up when taking out of pot; it holds in seasoning.
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Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=491735 (may not work)