SPICY BOILED CRABS, SHRIMP, POTATOES, CORN, AND GARLIC

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Categories     Garlic     Potato     Crab     Shrimp     Corn     Summer     Boil     Gourmet

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 12

24 live blue crabs
two 3-ounce packets Zatarain's crab boil or 5 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning
1 tablespoon cayenne
1/2 cup table salt
3 lemons, quartered
2 onions, halved
1 1/2 pounds small potatoes (about 2 inches in diameter)
2 heads of garlic (not separated into cloves)
6 ears of corn, shucked
2 tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning*, or to taste, for sprinkling over boiled seafood
2 pounds large shrimp (about 30, preferably with heads)
Accompaniments:Horseradish Cocktail Sauce and French bread

Steps:

  • In a 7- to 8-gallon kettle bring 5 gallons water to a boil.
  • While water is coming to a boil, in a deep sink rinse crabs in 2 or 3 changes of water. (Do not fill sink too full or crabs may crawl out.)
  • Add Zatarain's crab boil or 5 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning, cayenne, salt, lemons, and onions to boiling water and boil 5 minutes. Add potatoes and garlic and boil until tender, about 15 minutes. Transfer potatoes and garlic with a large sieve to a large platter and keep warm, covered with foil. Add corn to boiling water and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer corn with tongs to platter and keep warm, covered with foil.
  • Return water to a boil. Transfer about 6 crabs carefully with long tongs to sieve, holding them down in sieve with tongs, and turn crabs out into boiling water. Add remaining crabs in same manner. Return water to a boil and cook crabs until just cooked through, about 10 minutes. (To determine doneness, remove a claw and crack it with the handle of a dinner knife. Use Knife to extract meat from claw.) Transfer crabs with sieve to another large platter and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning.
  • Return water to boil and cook shrimp until just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Transfer shrimp with sieve to large platter with crabs and sprinkle with remaining tablespoon Old Bay seasoning.
  • Serve crabs, shrimp, and vegetables with horseradish cocktail sauce and French bread.

Antonia Williams
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I made this dish last night and it was a huge hit with my family. The sauce was flavorful and the seafood was cooked to perfection.


Md Ripon Hasan
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This dish is amazing! The flavors are incredible and the seafood is cooked perfectly. I will definitely be making this again.


irene chuks
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I've made this dish several times and it's always a crowd-pleaser. The sauce is flavorful and the seafood is cooked to perfection.


editor xml
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This is one of the best seafood dishes I've ever had. The flavors are incredible and the seafood is cooked perfectly.


Iqbal Bakht
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I made this dish last night and it was a huge hit with my family. The sauce was flavorful and the seafood was cooked to perfection.


Jibran Khan (Jibran54880)
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This dish is amazing! The flavors are incredible and the seafood is cooked perfectly. I will definitely be making this again.


twice 5026
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I've made this dish several times and it's always a crowd-pleaser. The sauce is flavorful and the seafood is cooked to perfection.


Suppa Matt
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This is one of the best seafood dishes I've ever had. The flavors are incredible and the seafood is cooked perfectly.


Cameron Davidson
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I made this dish last night and it was a huge hit with my family. The sauce was flavorful and the seafood was cooked to perfection.


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This was an amazing dish! The flavors were incredible and the seafood was cooked perfectly. I will definitely be making this again.