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Boiled Crawfish

"The way it was told to me."

Grocery list:
35-50 lbs. Live crawfish Mushrooms (soft)
1 large dry crab boil (1jar per batch)   Celery (soft)
8oz liquid boil (per batch)   Sausage (Soft)
6-8 lemons (batch)   And anything else that looks good.
potatoes (hard)   Crackers
Onion (hard)   Butter
Garlic (hard)   Paper towels
Corn (soft)   Liquid Refreshments
Hot Dogs (soft)    


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

 
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