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| Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/27/12 at 9:52 am)
Anyone have a good recipe for a steamer bucket? Every time I'm in the Low Country I have a hard time passing them up. Would really like to make one at home, with Snow crab legs, shrimp,
mussels, clams, oysters.
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/27/12 at 10:02 am to NickyT)
Go the poli and ask Colorado to look at your request.
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/27/12 at 11:31 am to CITWTT)
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Go the poli and ask Colorado to look at your request.
He knows what he is doing?
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/27/12 at 12:19 pm to NickyT)
He admits to love learning about the new methods of seafood cookery after moving to SC
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/27/12 at 12:31 pm to NickyT)
Hey!
A typical low country boil here is just the same way we do crawfish in Louisiana... but with shrimp. Seasoned well, nice local shrimp, potatoes, corn, sausage. Maybe squeeze in some whole lemons.
We like to put lots of garlic cloves and mushrooms in ours too. Spreading a soft piece of garlic on a cracker is a real treat. Keep in mind, that shrimp will cook in about 5 minutes. If you overcook them, you can complete screw up your boil. the shrimp will be impossible to peel.
Some of the nicer seafood restaurants will have a chilled raw tower of seafood, with shrimp, mussels, oysters, crab claws, etc. Not the same thing as a low country boil.
Oh.. and for whatever reason... boiled peanuts are huge here too, so some people will serve those with their low country shrimp boils.
Oyster "roasts" are just fresh live oysters still in the shell... steamed in a pot with a few inches of water in the bottom. Everybody just stands around and shucks them at tables, the exact same way we do crawfish back in Louisiana.
Obviously, you can steam snow crabs in either of these types of cookouts.
Edit: this one looks typical ... LINK
This post was edited on 4/27 at 12:35 pm
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/27/12 at 12:40 pm to coloradoBengal)
Thanks! Where are you located in SC? Got married at Hilton Head Island last year and really enjoyed the steamer buckets, you can really taste the freshness in the seafood. My favorite one came from Skull Creek Boathouse in Hilton Head.
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/27/12 at 12:44 pm to NickyT)
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Some of the nicer seafood restaurants will have a chilled raw tower of seafood, with shrimp, mussels, oysters, crab claws, etc. Not the same thing as a low country boil.
We had one at our reception, damn thing was gone before we got there. Everyone said it was the best thing there.
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/27/12 at 12:44 pm to NickyT)
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Where are you located in SC?
I live in Mount Pleasant. Just across the Cooper river from Charleston. Been here about 3 years, but moving back to Colorado this summer. Its a great place... we just miss the Rockies more than we love the beach.
Food scene in Mount Pleasant/Charleston/West Ashley is absolutely outstanding. Incredible variety. Lots of talented chefs. The city promotes itself really really well in this regard.
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/27/12 at 12:45 pm to coloradoBengal)
That tower of seafood you mention is a "fruit de mer", literally fruit of the sea and has its roots in France. I saw one presented at a restaurant south of Lyon and it was the greatest looking seafood "platter" I have ever seen.
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/27/12 at 12:48 pm to CITWTT)
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That tower of seafood you mention is a "fruit de mer", literally fruit of the sea and has its roots in France. I saw one presented at a restaurant south of Lyon and it was the greatest looking seafood "platter" I have ever seen.
I called it a "raw" tower, but that's incorrect. The oysters and clams are raw... but the shrimp, mussels, and crab claws are cooked.
Its quite a sight when they bring this out to your table. Pretty impressive.
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/27/12 at 1:15 pm to coloradoBengal)
I wish I had the dinero for the restaurant that I dream of, and would make BR drop on sight of the place. That dish is definitely a part of the mixture.
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/27/12 at 10:47 pm to CITWTT)
What about a steamer recipe?
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/28/12 at 8:12 am to NickyT)
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What about a steamer recipe?
I linked one. There's plenty similar out there on Google. Your going to need to season to taste, and your going to need to be careful with regards to overcooking.
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| re: Seafood Steamer Baskets/Low Country Boil Recipes (Posted on 4/28/12 at 8:31 pm to coloradoBengal)
My bad though that was more for a boil but then read more into it.
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