Creole Crawfish Boil

Name: Creole Crawfish Boil
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 bay leaves; 907 grams live crawfish; 4 ears sweet corn, halved; 1 head garlic, halved; 2 lemons, halved, plus more for serving; 1 kilograms red new potatoes, medium to large; 4 mediums onions, quartered; 8 servings Hot pepper sauce, for serving; 2 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters Old bay seasoning or Zatarains shrimp boil; 907 grams smoked sausage, such as andouille or kielbasa

Creole Crawfish Boil might be just the main course you are searching for. This gluten free and dairy free recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains roughly 23g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 562 calories. Head to the store and pick up lemons, pepper sauce, ears corn, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemons you could follow this main course with the Blackberry Lemon Chess Pie w/ Honey Jumbleberry Sauce. How I won the SF Food Wars – Pie or Die Competition as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Instructions

Fill a huge stock pot, preferably fitted with a basket insert, with about 4 quarts of water. Keep in mind that when you add the solid ingredients the water level will rise, so don't fill the pot up more than 1/2 way. Squeeze the lemon juice into the water, tossing in the halves too.

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Lemon Juice

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Water

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Add the bay leaves, salt, seasoning, onions, and garlic; bring the broth to a boil over medium-high heat and simmer for 10 minutes. You want a very aromatic broth with plenty of salt and spices; taste it, don't be afraid to make it strong so some of that flavor can penetrate and get absorbed by the potatoes and stuff.

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Bay Leaves

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Potato

Garlic

Onion

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Add the potatoes to the pot to give them a head start and simmer for 10 minutes. Now add the corn and sausage; cook another 10 minutes, making sure everything stays covered with the liquid. Toss in the crawfish and shut off the heat. Cover the pot and let the crawfish steep in the flavor for 15 minutes.

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Crawfish

Potato

Sausage

Corn

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Drain and spread the crawfish, sausage, corn, potatoes, and onions out on a table that's covered with newspaper.

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Crawfish

Potato

Sausage

Onion

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Corn

Serve with lemons, hot sauce, and plenty of napkins.

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Hot Sauce

Lemon

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Servings:

bay leaves 907grams

live crawfish 4

ears sweet corn, halved 1head

garlic, halved 2

lemons, halved, plus more for serving 1kilograms

red new potatoes, medium to large 4mediums

onions, quartered 8servings

Hot pepper sauce, for serving 2teaspoons

salt 59milliliters

Old bay seasoning or Zatarains shrimp boil 907grams

smoked sausage, such as andouille or kielbasa

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Gruener Veltliner, Muscadet, Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Sparkling Wine

Crawfish on the menu? Try pairing with Chardonnay, Gruener Veltliner, and Muscadet. Though different seafoods can certainly call for different wines, generally a crisp, light-bodied white wine or a sparkling white wine will do the trick and not drown out any subtle flavors. The Hahn Winery Santa Lucia Highlands Chardonnay with a 4.1 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 17 dollars per bottle.