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7 Minute Boiled Crawfish

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Crawfish boils are serious business, don't let anybody tell you otherwise. That's why this recipe serves 25 - because if it's worth doing, it's worth doing well enough to throw a party.


serves/makes:
  
ready in:
  1-2 hrs
Rating: 5/5

1 review

ingredients

8 pounds rock salt
4 ounces liquid crab boil seasoning
3 tablespoons cayenne pepper
6 whole bay leaves
6 stalks celery
4 medium onions, peeled and cut in halves or quarters
3 lemons, halved
8 ounces honey
3 oranges, halved
50 pounds live crawfish

directions

Fill a 60-quart pot half full of water. Add the salt, crab boil seasoning, cayenne pepper, bay leaves, celery, onions, lemons, honey, and oranges.

Place the pot on a grill or over a campfire. Bring the water to a boil. When at a rolling boil, add the crawfish and cook for no more than 7 minutes.

Remove the pot from the heat and add 20-30 quarts of cold water. Let it stand for 15-20 minutes then strain the crawfish. Remove the bay leaves, celery, onions, lemons, and oranges. Serve immediately.

cook's notes

If you want to add potatoes, sausage, and/or corn, add the potatoes and corn with the initial ingredients and add the sausage at the same time as the crawfish.


nutrition data

699 calories, 8 grams fat, 12 grams carbohydrates, 135 grams protein per serving. This recipe is low in carbs.
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reviews & comments

  1. potsandpans REVIEW:

    Only thing I did different was to add dry crab boil seasoning to the drained crawfish at the end. We like things extra spicy!

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