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Another boil question, help me out
Posted on 3/18/17 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 3/18/17 at 4:44 pm
I'm in Birmingham so boil seasoning isn't easy to find. On a whim I grabbed 6 pounds of shrimp to boil for me and my wife. I'm plenty used to boiling but the place I get my powder seasoning from isn't open today or tomorrow.
Grocery store had the bags and liquid so I picked some of those. Never boiled that way so asking for advice. What would you add to boil 6 pounds with the usual fixings?
Grocery store had the bags and liquid so I picked some of those. Never boiled that way so asking for advice. What would you add to boil 6 pounds with the usual fixings?
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Posted on 3/18/17 at 4:55 pm to BoogaBear
The liquid is concentrated, so don't use too much of that.
YouTube Low Country Boil and you will see the different techniques, it's easy just go for it...
YouTube Low Country Boil and you will see the different techniques, it's easy just go for it...
Posted on 3/18/17 at 5:27 pm to BoogaBear
I'd boil them in. Turkey fryer pit and use 4 oz of liquid and 1/3 box of salt
Posted on 3/18/17 at 5:28 pm to CHEDBALLZ
Skip the bags all together?
Posted on 3/18/17 at 5:29 pm to BoogaBear
I don't EVER use bags.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 5:41 pm to CHEDBALLZ
I don't have the powder option. Just liquid and bags.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 5:50 pm to BoogaBear
Bags add the flavor and liquid adds the heat. Use both. Use more bags than you think you need.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 5:55 pm to creolechef
I've got 5 bags and 6 pounds of shrimp.
Posted on 3/19/17 at 7:50 am to BoogaBear
I often boil 2 pounds of shrimp. Even for that small amount, I use a mesh bag, a few healthy glugs of liquid, about 1/2 small bag of powder, and more salt than you think it needs. Maybe a lemon too.
I get it rolling, put the shrimp in and cut the heat after just a minute or 2. Put some ice in to slow/stop cooking and let them soak 15 or 20 minutes to soak up some flavor.
It is easy to make them bland and blah. It is hard to put too much seasoning. When in doubt, add more.
I get it rolling, put the shrimp in and cut the heat after just a minute or 2. Put some ice in to slow/stop cooking and let them soak 15 or 20 minutes to soak up some flavor.
It is easy to make them bland and blah. It is hard to put too much seasoning. When in doubt, add more.
This post was edited on 3/19/17 at 8:20 am
Posted on 3/19/17 at 10:22 am to Twenty 49
Anyone have the link to the thread from last crawfish season about using a ratio of water to seasoning instead of the typical "I use "X" bags of seasoning per sack of crawfish". Basically the poster had figured out a method to get crawfish consistently seasoned whether it was 5lbs or 50. TIA and sorry for the hijack.
Posted on 3/19/17 at 9:58 pm to Geaux2Hell
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Anyone have the link to the thread from last crawfish season about using a ratio of water to seasoning instead of the typical "I use "X" bags of seasoning per sack of crawfish". Basically the poster had figured out a method to get crawfish consistently seasoned whether it was 5lbs or 50. TIA and sorry for the hijack.
Interesting. I would like to know as well
Posted on 3/20/17 at 10:35 am to Geaux2Hell
I remember that thread. Actually made a note on my phone of the ratio to try this season...
He said to use .167 lbs. of seasoning per quart of water. So 40 quarts of water would be almost 7 lbs of seasoning. Didn't matter how many lbs of crawfish you were putting in the pot.
Before reading that thread, I always put just one 4.5 lb sack of seasoning in my pot (along with my other stuff like onions, some liquid boil, etc.) for 1 sack of crawfish. Like I said, I haven't tried it, but his reasoning made sense. Maybe someone can find that thread and link it.
He said to use .167 lbs. of seasoning per quart of water. So 40 quarts of water would be almost 7 lbs of seasoning. Didn't matter how many lbs of crawfish you were putting in the pot.
Before reading that thread, I always put just one 4.5 lb sack of seasoning in my pot (along with my other stuff like onions, some liquid boil, etc.) for 1 sack of crawfish. Like I said, I haven't tried it, but his reasoning made sense. Maybe someone can find that thread and link it.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 11:10 am to MikeinHoover
Seems like alot. I measured my water line yesterday and it was 11.75 gallons
Going by that ratio I would have to use 8 lbs of powder. Currently I use 5.5, and they aren't bland. Tried 6lbs once and the vegetables were on fire. So i cant imagine 8 lbs
Going by that ratio I would have to use 8 lbs of powder. Currently I use 5.5, and they aren't bland. Tried 6lbs once and the vegetables were on fire. So i cant imagine 8 lbs
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