Link Family Crawfish Boil

Name: Link Family Crawfish Boil
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 18 kilograms crawfish; 8 ears of corn, shucked and cut into thirds; 6 heads garlic, halved horizontally; 10 lemons, halved; 8 mediums onions, quartered; 1 kilograms red potatoes; 907 grams salt; 2 kilograms Louisiana crawfish, shrimp, and crab boil, or an equal amount of Donnies Spice Mix

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Link Family Crawfish Boil a try. This recipe covers 76% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains approximately 54g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 816 calories. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. A mixture of salt, an equal amount of donnie's spice mix, garlic, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the onions you could follow this main course with the Candy Corn Cupcakes as a dessert.

Instructions

Bring a very large pot of water to a boil over high heat.

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Add the salt, onions, lemons, garlic, and spice mix and boil until the onions and lemon soften, about 10 minutes.

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Add the potatoes and boil until tender when pierced with a knife, approximately 15 minutes.

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Add the corn, cook an additional 10 minutes, then transfer the vegetables to a colander.

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Drain well, then spread the corn and potatoes on a table lined with paper. Return the water to a boil, then add the crawfish, and bring back to a boil once more. Immediately turn off the heat and allow the crawfish to soak, uncovered, in the spicy water for 20 to 30 minutes.

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Drain the crawfish and serve alongside the vegetables with plenty of napkins and cold beer.

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Follow the directions above, using 5 pounds of crawfish, 1 1/4 cups salt, 1 1/4 cups Donnie's Spice

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Mix, 6 bay leaves, 3 halved lemons, and 1 pound each new potatoes and corn.

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Reprinted with permission from Real Cajun by Donald Link with Paula Disbrowe, © 2009 Clarkson PotterDONALD LINK is the chef-owner of Herbsaint and Cochon in New Orleans. He won the James Beard Best Chef South Region Award in 2007.PAULA DISBROWE is the author of Cowgirl Cuisine and co-author of Susan Spicer's Crescent City Cooking. She lives in Austin, Texas.

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Servings:

18kilograms

crawfish 8

ears of corn, shucked and cut into thirds 6heads

garlic, halved horizontally 10

lemons, halved 8mediums

onions, quartered 1kilograms

red potatoes 907grams

salt 2kilograms

Louisiana crawfish, shrimp, and crab boil, or an equal amount of Donnie's Spice Mix

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. You could try Foley Johnson Carneros Chardonnay. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 23 dollars per bottle.