Seafood Boil

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This seafood boil is an old recipe perfect for family get-togethers. It's good and fun, and clean-up is easy. It's best made outside and served on a picnic table covered with 4 to 5 layers of newspaper. Remove everything from the pot, drain, and spread in the center of the table. Gather everyone around and enjoy the feast. When everyone has had their fill, gather up the leftovers (if there are any), put all the scraps in the center of the table, roll up the newspaper around them, and put them in the trash. Wash the one pot, and the cleanup is done. Have fun and enjoy.

Submitted by Gary W Brown
Updated on November 19, 2024
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Prep Time:
10 mins
Cook Time:
30 mins
Additional Time:
10 mins
Total Time:
50 mins
Servings:
15
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Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 15 servings

  • 5 pounds new red potatoes

  • 3 pounds kielbasa sausage, cut into 1 inch pieces

  • 1 (8 fluid ounce) bottle liquid shrimp and crab boil seasoning

  • salt to taste

  • 12 ears fresh corn

  • 4 lemons, halved

  • 1 tablespoon diced green chile pepper, or to taste

  • 10 pounds medium shrimp - peeled and deveined

  • 12 blue crabs, cleaned

Directions

  1. Fill a large, 40-quart pot half full with water; bring water to a full boil.

  2. Add potatoes, sausage, shellfish boil seasoning, and salt. Cook until potatoes are halfway cooked.

    Overhead of a large pot with potatoes being spooned out of seafood boil.

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  3. Stir in corn, lemons, and chile pepper; continue boiling until vegetables are tender. Turn off heat.

    Overhead of a seafood boil with sausage, corn on the cob, and lemons boiling in a large pot.

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  4. Mix in shrimp and crab. Cover the pot and let sit until shrimp are pink and crabmeat is opaque and flaky, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove vegetables and shellfish from the pot; drain well. Serve immediately.

    Overhead of a seafood boil with sausage, crab, shrimp, corn, and lemons boiling in a large pot.

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