Crawfish Boil Recipe and How to Eat Crawfish Guide
Learn how to eat crawfish, and cook up the perfect feast with this crawfish boil recipe.
Since 1994 Robert Shaver of Shaver's Catering in Shreveport has been providing the delicious crawfish for the area's much-anticipated Memorial Day weekend event, Mudbug Madness. We asked for his tips in creating the perfect crawfish boil and he shared the recipe that he serves all across the country as he travels serving up Louisiana cuisine. If you need tips on how to eat crawfish, watch the video. And check out another five ways to enjoy crawfish.
Crawfish Boil Recipe
Ingredients:
- 30-pound sack of crawfish
- 3 pounds of crawfish or crab boil seasoning
- 1 pound margarine
- 4 lemons, halved
- 1 1/2 pounds button mushrooms
- 1 1/2 pounds yellow onions, quartered
- 3 pounds smoked sausage cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
- Corn (up to 50 ears)
- Potatoes (up to 25 pounds)
- 2 pounds of crab or crawfish boil seasoning for potatoes
Method of Preparation:
Bring water to boil in an 80-quart pot with basket. Put in seasonings, margarine, lemons, mushrooms, onions and sausage. Bring to a boil. Add in crawfish and bring back to a full, hard boil. Let boil for 6 minutes. Turn fire off and let soak for 10 minutes. Remove ingredients, place in an ice chest and let them steam for another 10 minutes.
Bring water back to a boil and add up to 50 ears of corn (but don't add any additional seasoning). Cook until center of the corn cob is hot. Remove and place in an ice chest to steam. Then, add 2 additional pounds of seasoning to the water and up to 25 pounds of potatoes (adjust seasonings if using fewer potatoes). Boil until potatoes have a soft center. Remove from water and place in an ice chest to steam for 10 more minutes.
