Old Fashioned Low Country Boil

Name: Old Fashioned Low Country Boil
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lb medium sized shrimp; 1 lb snow crab legs (or your choice of crab); 2 lb sausage (andouille, spicy your choice); 2 lb small red potatoes; 2 loaf French bread; 8 corn on the cob (fresh if possible but frozen is fine); 2 stalks celery, chopped; 1 small onion, chopped; 2 clove garlic, roughly chopped; 1 packages shrimp, crawfish, crab boil; 2 tbsp cayenne pepper (optional); butter

hipchick01 @cook_3368619

One of my family's favorite meals! We don't use plates, but spread out a disposable tablecloth. Drain liquid and dump the pot onto the cloth! Clean up is so much easier!

hipchick01 @cook_3368619

One of my family's favorite meals! We don't use plates, but spread out a disposable tablecloth. Drain liquid and dump the pot onto the cloth! Clean up is so much easier!

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Ingredients

30 mins

6 servings

2 lbmedium sized shrimp
1 lbsnow crab legs (or your choice of crab)
2 lbsausage (andouille, spicy your choice)
2 lbsmall red potatoes
2 loafFrench bread
8corn on the cob (fresh if possible but frozen is fine)
2 stalkscelery, chopped
1small onion, chopped
2 clovegarlic, roughly chopped
1 packagesshrimp, crawfish, crab boil
2 tbspcayenne pepper (optional)
butter

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Steps

30 mins

1

In a large stock pot, fill halfway with water. Add onions, garlic, celery, cayenne pepper, and bring to boil
2

Rinse shrimp and crab. Set aside.
3

Wash red potatoes. If they are small enough add whole to boiling water. Otherwise slice in half. Boil for 10 minutes.
4

Slice ears of corn into two or three chunks. Add to potatoes in boiling water. Boil for 10 minutes.
5

Add seasoning bag to boiling water.
6

Slice sausage into chunks. Add to water. Reduce heat. Cook for 6 minutes.
7

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.
8

Add shrimp to pot. Cover and cook till pink and the shrimp have separated from their shells.
9

Slice french bread. Butter and broil until lightly browned. Serve immediately with boil.
10

At this point you can remove pot from direct heat and let food absorb more of the flavors from the water, or serve immediately.
11

Serve with hot sauce, lemons, and butter.