Cajun Seafood Boil with Garlic Butter Sauce

Name: Cajun Seafood Boil with Garlic Butter Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 12 oz Beer (use your favorite beer); 8 qts Water (pot should be about 2/3 the way full, add more water if needed); 5 Bay leaves; 1 cup Old Bay Seasoning; 2 tbsps Smoked paprika; 2 tbsp Cayenne pepper (less or more as desired); 1 tbsp Black pepper; 2 tbsp Dried thyme; 2 Lemons (sliced); 10 Garlic cloves (peeled and smashed); 2 Large onions (peeled and sliced); 2 tbsps Salt; 3 lbs Red potatoes (halved); 6 ears Corn (peeled and cut into thirds); 1 lb Andouille sausage; 2 lbs Snow crab clusters/legs; 1 lb Lobster tails; 1 lb Mussels (, optional); 1 lb Clams (, optional); 2 lbs Jumbo shrimp; 2 cups Butter (, 4 sticks); 8 Garlic cloves (, diced finely); 1/4 cup Cajun seasoning; 2 tbsp Old bay seasoning; 1 tbsp Red Pepper Flakes (, optional); 1 tbsp onion powder; 1/2 tbsp brown sugar; Salt (, to taste, I used 1 tsp); 2 cups Reserved broth (, from above); Fresh parsley (, garnish)

8 servings

portioner

15 minutes

aktiv tid

55 minutes

total tid

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Ingredienser

2 12 oz Beer (use your favorite beer)

8 qts Water (pot should be about 2/3 the way full, add more water if needed)

5 Bay leaves

1 cup Old Bay Seasoning

2 tbsps Smoked paprika

2 tbsp Cayenne pepper (less or more as desired)

1 tbsp Black pepper

2 tbsp Dried thyme

2 Lemons (sliced)

10 Garlic cloves (peeled and smashed)

2 Large onions (peeled and sliced)

2 tbsps Salt

3 lbs Red potatoes (halved)

6 ears Corn (peeled and cut into thirds)

1 lb Andouille sausage

2 lbs Snow crab clusters/legs

1 lb Lobster tails

1 lb Mussels (, optional)

1 lb Clams (, optional)

2 lbs Jumbo shrimp

2 cups Butter (, 4 sticks)

8 Garlic cloves (, diced finely)

1/4 cup Cajun seasoning

2 tbsp Old bay seasoning

1 tbsp Red Pepper Flakes (, optional)

1 tbsp onion powder

1/2 tbsp brown sugar

Salt (, to taste, I used 1 tsp)

2 cups Reserved broth (, from above)

Fresh parsley (, garnish)

1/2 cup Hot sauce (, for serving)

Vejledning

Seafood Boil

Add beer, and water to a large stock pot. Bring to a boil and then add bay leaves, Old Bay seasoning, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, thyme, salt, lemons, garlic, and onions. Stir together and boil for 5 minutes to allow flavors to come together.

Add halved red potatoes and corn to the pot and allow them to cook until the potatoes are tender but not mushy (about 15 minutes). Then add sausages and allow them to cook for another 5 minutes.

Add crab legs and cook for 3 minutes. Then add lobster tails, mussels, clams, and shrimp. Cover the pot with a lid and allow everything to boil together for 5-7 minutes. (The mussels and clams will pop open once they are finished and the shrimp will be pink) Stir together, save 2 cups of the broth, then drain.

Roll out newspaper or a large serving tray and place seafood on top.

Garlic Butter Seafood Sauce

Make the sauce. Melt butter over medium low heat in a large sauce pan, then add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Then add cajun seasoning, old bay seasoning, red pepper flakes, onion powder, brown sugar, and salt. Add 1 cup of the reserved broth and simmer on low for 3-5 minutes, until sauce thickens. (For a thinner sauce, add 2 cups) Add freshly diced parsley and remove from the heat.

Pour sauce over the seafood and enjoy! Use any leftover sauce as a dip for the seafood. Serve with hot sauce (optional)

Notater

Pair with FrenchBread, Caesar Salad, Pie

2 lobster tail per person

Mussels and Clams - maybe scallops

Bigger pot / less water

Cook shrimp separately with same seasoning

Ernæring

Portionsstørrelse

Kalorier

765 kcal

Fedt i alt

53 g

Mættet fedt

28 g

Uumættet fedt

21 g

Transfedt

2 g

Kolesterol

334 mg

Natrium

3780 mg

Kulhydrater i alt

32 g

Kostfiber

5 g

Sukker i alt

7 g

Protein

40 g

Bedømmelse

Gennemsnit: 5.0