Cajun Country Shrimp Boil recipe
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Cajun Country Shrimp Boil

Spicy shrimp, hot potatoes, tender corn. What's not to like?

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Servings: 1 Servings
Total Time (median): 1 : 00 Active Time: 0 : 00

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Ingredients

-- OPTIONAL --

  • 1/2 lb. Keilbasa (or all meat hot dog)
  • 2 Small onions per person
  • 1 Carrot cut into 4ths per person
  • 1 -2 crabs per person

Preparation

Boil water in a large kettle on stove or outdoor cooker. Season water with salt and your choice of above flavorings along with the juice of two lemons or 2 tablespoons of vinegar. Add potatoes and cook for 10 minutes. Add carrots, sausage and onions. Bring back to a boil. When potatoes and carrots are almost tender, add corn and crabs. Bring to a boil, then add shrimp. Cook a few minutes until shrimp are just done - they will be pink in color. Drain and pour into a basket or onto platters. Have cocktail sauce and Dijon mustard at hand.

Adapted from: www.chefrick.com/html/shrimpboil.html


Cuisine: Cajun Main Ingredient: Shrimp

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This is a fantastic recipe I've made a half-dozen times. The only hard part for me has been making sure the potatoes are boiled long enough as they take longer than any of the other ingredients. I always add a variety of sausage. This recipe really wows the crowds, and is easy to make.

jeffchristbaumjeffchristbaum :  :  13w 4d ago


This will be my first shrimp boil, can you tell me approx. how much water is needed? Any other tips you think might be helpful would also be appreciated. This will be for approx. 25 people.

angus42868angus42868 : comment :  24w 4d ago


I use 2 bags of zatarans crab boil....

cleighg01cleighg01 :  :  33w 5d ago


Wonderful. I added some extra Old bay and Tabasco. I also added 2 small jars of whole mushrooms, they absorbed the seasoning and were great. I used all optional ingredients except crab.

creneaccreneac :  :  34w 2d ago


I toss the carrots in at the same time as the potatoes - otherwise they're a little crunchy. I also add the onions early for flavor too. The ingredients seemed kind of approximate - esp. the spices. I doubled all of the spice's amounts and still could have used more. I think the size of the pot and the amount of water makes a huge difference. The original recipe (Chef Rick) says add the amount of shrimp (in the recipe) per person, so that's what I did. Both times I cooked this recipe, people raved and KEPT EATING! It's really good. Thanks for posting.

JoeSchellJoeSchell : : 1:00 total time :  1y 38w 1d ago


This is a real crowd pleaser!

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promfhpromfh :  :  4y 12w 2d ago


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