Crawfish Recipe
Boiled Crawfish
Ingredients:
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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30 quarts water -- (30 to 32)
2 packages crab boil
10 small onions -- (cleaned and
-- quartered)
6 lemons quartered
3 tablespoons cayenne pepper
25 pounds live crawfish -- (purged; see note
3 pounds red potatoes
12 small ears corn
6 cloves garlic -- peeled (6 to 10)
1/4 cup salt
Preparation:
NOTE: To purge (clean) crawfish, pour them into a large wash tub
or similar container (the bath tub works Well). Fill with water
to cover crawfish and pour 3/4 box of salt, stir and let stand for
about 1 hour. Drain and rince Crawfish. In a 40 -48 quart pot filled
about 2/3 full with water, bring to a boil and add packaged crab
boil, onions, lemons and pepper. Bring back to a roaring boil,then
add purged crawfish, potatoes, corn, and garlic. Bring back to a
boil. Line long table with newspapers, and have several trashbags
taped to the sides of the table (to slide crawfish shells into the
trash easlily). Have LOTS of iced tea, water, soda, and lemonade
handy. Place rolls of paper towels on the table also! After boiling
for 12 minutes, remove from heat, add salt and let stand for 5 minutes.
Drain and pour onto table and eat.
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