Old Fashioned Low Country Boil

How to Cook Recipes Old Fashioned Low Country Boil using 12 ingredients and 11 steps

Old Fashioned Low Country Boil - Heat a large pot of water over an outdoor cooker, or medium-high heat indoors. Add Old Bay Seasoning to taste, and bring to a boil. Old Fashioned Low Country Boil One of my family's favorite meals! We don't use plates, but spread out a disposable tablecloth. Drain liquid and dump the pot onto the cloth!

It's a perfect balance of meat to vegetables all with a zippy Old Bay taste.

Add shrimp, cover, and turn off heat.

You can have Old Fashioned Low Country Boil using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients make Old Fashioned Low Country Boil

1. Prepare 2 lb medium sized shrimp.
2. It's 1 lb snow crab legs (or your choice of crab).
3. You need 2 lb sausage (andouille, spicy your choice).
4. It's 2 lb small red potatoes.
5. Prepare 2 loaf French bread.
6. It's 8 corn on the cob (fresh if possible but frozen is fine).
7. You need 2 stalks celery, chopped.
8. You need 1 small onion, chopped.
9. It's 2 clove garlic, roughly chopped.
10. You need 1 packages shrimp, crawfish, crab boil.
11. Prepare 2 tbsp cayenne pepper (optional).
12. It's butter.

Old Fashioned Low Country Boil instructions

1. In a large stock pot, fill halfway with water. Add onions, garlic, celery, cayenne pepper, and bring to boil.
2. Rinse shrimp and crab. Set aside..
3. Wash red potatoes. If they are small enough add whole to boiling water. Otherwise slice in half. Boil for 10 minutes..
4. Slice ears of corn into two or three chunks. Add to potatoes in boiling water. Boil for 10 minutes..
5. Add seasoning bag to boiling water..
6. Slice sausage into chunks. Add to water. Reduce heat. Cook for 6 minutes..
7. Add crab legs to pot. Cover and cook for 10 minutes. The crab legs should really just be heating up. Adjust the time based on their size..
8. Add shrimp to pot. Cover and cook till pink and the shrimp have separated from their shells..
9. Slice french bread. Butter and broil until lightly browned. Serve immediately with boil..
10. At this point you can remove pot from direct heat and let food absorb more of the flavors from the water, or serve immediately..
11. Serve with hot sauce, lemons, and butter..

Old Fashioned Low Country Boil - Add Old Bay seasoning, butter and lemons, halved, and bring to a boil. Drain through a colander; discard the liquid. Serve on newspaper or a platter. Pour contents of pot into large serving bowl or platter or mound on paper. Add sausage and corn, and return to a boil. Add potatoes, fennel, garlic and Old Bay Seasoning; stir well. Add shrimp and corn; stir well. Thank you and good luck