A Cajun Crawfish Boil
Every Cajun has his/her own unique way of boiling crawfish. This recipe will leave your guests with the most succulent crawfish they have ever had.
Ingredients:
Chackbay Seasoning
Salt
Lemons
Oranges
Garlic
Onion
Potatoes
Sausage
Corn
Hot Dogs (Wheenies)
Recipe
Step 1: Prep your appetizers, peel back your onions and garlic, and slice your sausage links.
Step 2: Rinse your crawfish using the strainer
Step 3: Add enough water to cover the crawfish, then add 1/2 box of salt and 1/2 pouch of Chackbay Seasoning to your pot
Step 4: Place your appetizers in boil bags and place them in the pot
Step 5: When the water comes to a boil, time your appetizers for 10 minutes
Step 6: After 10 minutes remove the appetizers and place the crawfish in the pot. (*If boiling corn, take corn out after 10 minutes) Add the appetizers back into the pot on top of the crawfish, except for the corn.
Step 7: Once the water come back to a boil, time the crawfish and appetizers for 6 minutes.
Step 8: After 6 minutes turn off fire, remove your appetizers and cool the pot down to 150 degrees so that the crawfish do not continue to boil.
Step 9: While the water is cooling squeeze lemons and oranges into the pot. Allow the crawfish to soak 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Step 10: Bring your appetizers to the table for starters (sausage, onions, garlic, potatoes, weenies, corn, etc.
Step 11: Make your dip: Mix - Ketchup, Mayonaise, Wostichire, Garlic Salt & Black Pepper
Step 12: Serve the crawfish into trays and allow the remaining crawfish to soak while enjoying succulent & juicy crawfish.
Crawfish Facts:
It takes about 7 pounds of crawfish to get 1 pound of peeled meat.
Crawfish is a great source of protein and low in calories. Several nutrients can be found in Crawfish. Calcium, biotin, iron. niacin, phosphorus, selenium, vitamin B-12, B-6 and A.
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