Old Fashioned Low Country Boil
- 1 lb snow crab legs (or your choice of crab)
- 2 lb medium sized shrimp
- 2 lb sausage (andouille, spicy your choice)
- 2 lb small red potatoes
- 8 corn on the cob (fresh if possible but frozen is fine)
- 2 loaf French bread
- 2 stalks of celery, chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 clove garlic, roughly chopped
- 1 packages shrimp, crawfish, crab boil
- 2 tbsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- In a large stock pot, fill halfway with water.
- Add onions, garlic, celery, cayenne pepper, and bring to boil
- Rinse shrimp and crab.
- Set aside.
- Wash red potatoes.
- If they are small enough add whole to boiling water.
- Otherwise slice in half.
- Boil for 10 minutes.
- Slice ears of corn into two or three chunks.
- Add to potatoes in boiling water.
- Boil for 10 minutes.
- Add seasoning bag to boiling water.
- Slice sausage into chunks.
- Add to water.
- Reduce heat.
- Cook for 6 minutes.
- Add crab legs to pot.
- Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
- The crab legs should really just be heating up.
- Adjust the time based on their size.
- Add shrimp to pot.
- Cover and cook till pink and the shrimp have separated from their shells.
- Slice french bread.
- Butter and broil until lightly browned.
- Serve immediately with boil.
- At this point you can remove pot from direct heat and let food absorb more of the flavors from the water, or serve immediately.
- Serve with hot sauce, lemons, and butter.
snow crab, shrimp, sausage, red potatoes, corn, bread, stalks of celery, onion, clove garlic, shrimp, cayenne pepper
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/363885-old-fashioned-low-country-boil (may not work)