• Fill boiling pot 2/3 full of water or up to line (Stain) on inside of pot.

• Light burner.

• As water heats add jar of Zatarains Dry Crab boil. (This is the large jar of dry seasonings). 

•  Also add 8oz of liquid crab boil to pot. 

• Cut in half 6 to 8 Lemons, squeeze and drop into pot. 

• Cover pot and bring water to boil.  

• As water heats, separate hard vegetables from soft ones.  (i.e. vegetables that take longer to cook.) (potatoes, onion, garlic, other hard ones

•  etc)  Add these to basket with crawfish  

• Put soft vegetables in bag (corn, hot dogs, mushrooms, celery, etc.)  

• When water comes to a boil, add basket (of crawfish, potatoes, onion, garlic).  

• Cover and bring back to a boil.  

• Add bag of soft vegetables push down to cover bag with water.  

• Once water comes to a boil turn off burner.  

• Rinse outside of the pot with water from hose.

• Most important—allow to soak at least 25-30 min in water.  

• After 25 minutes taste and decide.  

• If you do a second boil, start process over although water may be more concentrated with seasonings, soaking time will be between 20-30 min.  Each boil will cook approx. 35-50 lbs

Grocery list:

35-50 lbs. Live crawfish

1 large dry crab boil (1jar per batch)

8oz liquid boil (per batch)

6-8 lemons (batch)

potatoes (hard)

Onion (hard)

Garlic (hard)

Corn (soft)

Hot Dogs (soft)

Mushrooms (soft)

Celery (soft)

Sausage (Soft)

And anything else that looks good.

Other:

Crackers

Butter

Paper towels

Drinks