Crawfish Boil

The perfect recipe to get your loved ones to gather around a table and enjoy a delicious meal and each other’s company. I love a good crawfish boil because it’s much more than a tasty meal. The crawfish, corn, and potatoes make it the ultimate dining experience.

Course dinner

Cuisine Cajun, Southern

Diet Gluten Free

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 729kcal

Author Imma

Ingredients

8 cups (1.8 liters) water, or more
1 tablespoon Louisiana crawfish, shrimp, and crab boil seasoning
2 tablespoon Creole seasoning
1 tablespoon bouillon powder
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoons black pepper
1 garlic, unpeeled
1 large onion, halved
4 bay leaves
1 pound (450g) potatoes halved small red
1 lemon, sliced
3 pounds (1.3kg) crawfish
3 ears corn, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 pound (450g) smoked sausage, cut into chunky pieces
8 ounces (225g) unsalted butter
1 tablespoon parsley, very finely chopped
1 tablespoon garlic, chopped
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Creole seasoning
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Instructions

The Boil

Fill a large pot with water. Add the Louisiana crawfish, shrimp, and crab boil, Creole seasoning, bouillon, and salt. Stir well and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
Add the garlic, onion, bay leaves, potatoes, and lemon slices. Cover the pot with the lid and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Taste the crawfish boil water, and adjust the seasoning to preference.
Add the crawfish, corn, and sausage into the pot and cook for 5-8 minutes until the crawfish are bright red.
Turn off the heat and let the crawfish soak for 10 minutes. The longer the crawfish soaks, the spicier they will be.
Remove everything using a strainer. Discard lemon, bay leaves, garlic, and onion. Place the crawfish, potatoes, corn, and sausage in a serving tray.
Prepare butter sauce and toss half in the crawfish mix. Serve with the remaining butter sauce.

The Butter Sauce

Add all butter sauce ingredients except lemon juice to a medium microwave-safe bowl. Place in the microwave and microwave for about 40 seconds until butter is completely melted. Take the bowl out of the microwave, add lemon juice, and mix to fully combine.

Notes

Clean crawfish before adding them to the pot by placing them in a large strainer or a bucket with holes in the bottom if you’re feeding a crowd and rinsing them until the water runs clear.
Once cooked, the longer the crawfish soaks in the boil water, the spicier they will be. Adjust the spiciness level by adjusting the soak time.
Make sure your seasoned water is at a rolling boil when you add the crawfish to ensure proper cook times.
Please keep in mind that the nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary significantly based on the products used in the recipe.

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