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Crawfish Boil

From the glorious Cajun tradition.

      • 1 (64-ounce) jar powdered crab, shrimp and crawfish boil
      • 1/2 cup rock salt
      • 4 ounces liquid crab boil
      • 6 garlic cloves
      • 5 pounds small red new potatoes
      • 3 pounds sausage, cut into 3- to 4-inch lengths
      • 4 (3 ounce) bags crab boil
      • 6 lemons, cut into halves
      • 1 bunch celery, ribs cut into halves
      • 8 onions
      • 1 (38- to 47- pound) bag live crawfish
      • 8 to 12 ears of frozen corn
      • 2 pounds whole mushrooms
 

Method

Fill a 20-gallon stockpot one-third full of water.  Heat the water.  Add the powdered crab, shrimp and crawfish boil, rock salt and liquid crab boil and  bring to a boil. 

Cut a slit in each garlic clove.  Add to the stockpot with the potatoes and sausage.  Add the bags of crab boil, lemons, celery and onions and bring to a rolling boil.  Add the crawfish.  Cover  and bring to a rolling boil.  Boil for 20 minutes.  Turn off the heat.  Add the corn and mushrooms, submerging them among the crawfish.  Let stand, uncovered, for 20 minutes.

Makes 8 to 10 servings

Reprinted with permission from © Pamela D. Lyles, Da Cajn Critter, by Pamela D. Lyles click for book review

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