Crawfish boil recipe

Recipe for crawfish boil in our easy seafood recipes collection.

Recipe ingredients

• 10 pounds live crawfish
• 2 oranges, cut into thick rounds
• 2 lemons, cut into thick rounds
• 1 garlic head, cloves separated and peeled
• 1/4 cup salt
• 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon chili powder, preferably homemade
• 2 teaspoons cayenne
• 2 bay leaves
• 8 to 12 small new potatoes
• 4 ears corn, cut in half
• 1 pound small boiling onions
• Salt, freshly ground black pepper and cayenne to sprinkle over the crawfish and vegetables

How to make crawfish boil

• Rinse crawfish well. Put them into a large pot of water and let them sit for about 30 minutes.
• While the crawfish bathe, pour 4 to 5 gallons of water into a large stockpot.
• Add to it the oranges, lemons, garlic, salt, black pepper, chili powder, cayenne and bay leaves.
• Bring the water to a boil, and cook the spices 10 to 15 minutes.
• Add the potatoes, corn and onions.
• After the liquid returns to a boil, cook the vegetables for 5 minutes.
• Drain crawfish from their soaking bath and ad them to the stockpot.
• After the liquid again returns to a boil, cook the crawfish for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Remove the pot from the heat, cover it and let the crawfish and vegetables steep in the liquid for 10 minutes.
• Drain the liquid from the pot.
• Serve everything heaped on big platters.
• Sprinkle salt, pepper and cayenne over the crawfish and vegetables as you eat.

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