What's your crawfish boiling recipe?

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let's discuss why putting seasoning on them after the boil is wrong.

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I don't do but I don't see why its "wrong?". I've had mighty tasty crawfish like this.

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2 boxes of Salt

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For 1 sack? Yowza

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For 1 sack? Yowza

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More like 1.5

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I don't do but I don't see why its "wrong?". I've had mighty tasty crawfish like this.

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The reasoning behind doing it as explained to me is that you're supposed to get it on your fingers. I usually ask those people if they dip their fingers in ketchup before grabbing a French fry, because it's the same concept

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Thats a large amount of salt imo. We use 1 bag of la crab boil and that's pretty much it for the seasoning.

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those bags have an arse ton of salt already.

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frozen corn during soak

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I'll hit mine with the corn to stop the cooking. I usually throw in some frozen skrimps too, for the nancy boys and girls in Bham who won't eat crawfish.

ETA: And Brussels Sprouts in a boil are further proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

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The reasoning behind doing it as explained to me is that you're supposed to get it on your fingers. I usually ask those people if they dip their fingers in ketchup before grabbing a French fry, because it's the same concept

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Ketchup is a condiment, not a spice. Do you season your French fries after you fry them? (That's the same concept).

I still don't see the issue. If it taste good it doesn't bother me. Like I said I don't partake in the practice but I don't look down on it

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Ketchup is a condiment, not a spice. Do you season your French fries after you fry them? (That's the same concept).

I still don't see the issue. If it taste good it doesn't bother me. Like I said I don't partake in the practice but I don't look down on it

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I have never had crawfish prepared that way that I liked

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And Brussels Sprouts in a boil are further proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy

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need to try this. Do you just toss them in whole?

I am of the opinion that there are few veggies that taste bad in a crawfish boil so might as well mix it up.

Sweet potatoes are staple in mine now, so good.

1 sack crawfish (30-40 lbs)

purge/wash em a few times until water is clear (no salt needed)

I fill my 80 quart pot halfway with water (its marked)
add about 6 onions, 6 lemons, juice squeezed in, about 4 garlic. I use either Zatarains or Louisiana brand powder (I find the LA brand is a bit spicier)
THE Zatarains PRO BOIL sucks IMO.
bring pot to a boil (white smoke rolls out)
I boil about 5 min to ensure the onions cook through.
then add sack of potatoes (I keep in red sack)
boil 3-5 min to ensure potatoes cook
Next I add about 2-3 cans of asparagus or green beans with holes punched in top and bottom of can (labels removed), mushrooms (I put in a cooking sack so they all stay submerged) and crawfish on top of all that.
(I know people boil all sorts of things... Brussel sprouts are great to add in with the mushroom sack too.)
I Bring to a rolling boil (white smoke) and boil 2.5 minutes. I cut the fire, and add frozen corn on the cob and hot dogs and submerge with paddle.
I then "help cut the boil" by rinsing the outside of the pot with hose water.
after about 5 min I usually add some liquid boil and some lemon juice.
Start tasting them about 20 -25 min of soaking, and remove when you feel they picked up enough spice.

They do. I think it's close to being too salty with just the bag