Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, old fashioned low country boil. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Heat a large pot of water over an outdoor cooker, or medium-high heat indoors. Add Old Bay Seasoning to taste, and bring to a boil. Slice ears of corn into two or three chunks. Add to potatoes in boiling water.
Old Fashioned Low Country Boil is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Old Fashioned Low Country Boil is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook old fashioned low country boil using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Old Fashioned Low Country Boil:
- Prepare 2 lb medium sized shrimp
- Take 1 lb snow crab legs (or your choice of crab)
- Make ready 2 lb sausage (andouille, spicy your choice)
- Get 2 lb small red potatoes
- Take 2 loaf French bread
- Take 8 corn on the cob (fresh if possible but frozen is fine)
- Prepare 2 stalks celery, chopped
- Prepare 1 small onion, chopped
- Prepare 2 clove garlic, roughly chopped
- Prepare 1 packages shrimp, crawfish, crab boil
- Prepare 2 tbsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- Prepare butter
Use Old Bay Seasoning's crab boil packet for a good old southern coastal low country boil. Zatarains has a lot of flavor, but spicier than Old Bay which has a lot of flavor without the extra spice. Your potatoes and corn will soak up the spice if you use spicy ingredients. Heat a large pot of water over medium-high heat indoors or outside.
Steps to make Old Fashioned Low Country Boil:
- 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.
Your potatoes and corn will soak up the spice if you use spicy ingredients. Heat a large pot of water over medium-high heat indoors or outside. Add the seafood seasoning to taste and bring to a boil. Add the potatoes and sausage and cook until the potatoes are fork-tender,. Here in my neck of the woods, there is no better way to send off the summer than to have a good old fashioned low country boil.
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