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How to Boil Crawfish Thread???
Posted on 5/10/12 at 10:50 am
Posted on 5/10/12 at 10:50 am
I searched and couldn't find a good thread on how to boil crawfish...
A friend of mine is having 50lbs flown up for a party and asked me to cook them. I haven't done it in a few years so i just wanted to look over the steps/ingredients to make sure that I get it right.
Any help, tips, links etc would be appreciated.
Cheers
A friend of mine is having 50lbs flown up for a party and asked me to cook them. I haven't done it in a few years so i just wanted to look over the steps/ingredients to make sure that I get it right.
Any help, tips, links etc would be appreciated.
Cheers
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Posted on 5/10/12 at 10:59 am to Nick Papa Georgio
quote:
I searched and couldn't find a good thread on how to boil crawfish
its because there arent any
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:03 am to Nick Papa Georgio
Louisiana crawfish seasoning is probably your best bet. Start with seasoning, and a stick of butter. Get water boiling and put crawfish in, once water starts to boil again shut off the fire and throw in a bag of ice, plastic will not melt. Let sit for 15 min., and your good to go. I usually add a little dust on after but I just like the flavor of swamp dust.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:06 am to Maurice tiger fan
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Start with seasoning, and a stick of butter
and it begins
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:20 am to Maurice tiger fan
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Louisiana crawfish seasoning is probably your best bet. Start with seasoning, and a stick of butter. Get water boiling and put crawfish in, once water starts to boil again shut off the fire and throw in a bag of ice, plastic will not melt. Let sit for 15 min., and your good to go. I usually add a little dust on after but I just like the flavor of swamp dust.
umm no...
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:21 am to Jones
You are going to get a million opinions on how to do it and there are going to be several people arguing on how the other person is wrong. Just giving you the heads up.
Edit to add: most of the opinions that people argue about give a similar outcome or don't really matter in the grand scheme of things but they still argue about it.
Edit to add: most of the opinions that people argue about give a similar outcome or don't really matter in the grand scheme of things but they still argue about it.
This post was edited on 5/10/12 at 11:23 am
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:22 am to Maurice tiger fan
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Louisiana crawfish seasoning is probably your best bet. Start with seasoning, and a stick of butter. Get water boiling and put crawfish in, once water starts to boil again shut off the fire and throw in a bag of ice, plastic will not melt. Let sit for 15 min., and your good to go. I usually add a little dust on after but I just like the flavor of swamp dust.
I RA'd
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:24 am to gmrkr5
for a 30ish lbs boil i will do one large bag of lousiana seasoning and about half a cup of louisiana liquid crab boil. bring to rolling boil, add crawfish. allow to boil for about 3 minutes once water returns to a boil. shut off fire and throw in ice. i usually keep some frozen 2 liter bottles for this. if you just throw in a bag of ice it will melt and dilute your seasoned water. after about 10-15 minutes i'll start testing. the soak usually lasts 20-30 minutes.. just test one every few minutes...
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:25 am to Nick Papa Georgio
Over/under set at 7 pages, let the betting I mean discussion begin. 
This post was edited on 5/10/12 at 11:26 am
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:31 am to TorNation
Sorry to have brought this upon the F&D board. I found Stadium Rat"s calculator and got this list out of it (added a bit here and there):
50 lbs crawfish
5 pounds sausage
6 pounds new potatoes
10 ears of corn
2 lbs mushrooms
2 boxes of salt
8 ounces liquid crab boil
1 bag all in one powdered boil
20 oz hot sauce
5 lbs onions
10 lemons
1 bunch celery
6 heads garlic
handful of bay leaves
I assume 20-25 people will be eating
I know a pound or two of crawfish isn't shite for most but we aren't in Louisiana and there will be shrimp, jambalaya and other food so it's not like this is all we have.
This post was edited on 5/10/12 at 11:33 am
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:33 am to Nick Papa Georgio
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:33 am to Nick Papa Georgio
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Keep in mind I assume 20-25 people will be eating
quote:
50 lbs crawfish
not enough crawfish imo
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:34 am to Nick Papa Georgio
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Keep in mind I assume 20-25 people will be eating
That's not nearly enough crawfish in my opinion. Try to figure 4-5lbs per person. The rest of your list is just personal preference.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:34 am to Nick Papa Georgio
quote:
Sorry to have brought this upon the F&D board.
I found Stadium Rat"s calculator and got this list out of it (added a bit here and there):
Keep in mind I assume 20-25 people will be eating
50 lbs crawfish
5 pounds sausage
6 pounds new potatoes
10 ears of corn
2 lbs mushrooms
2 boxes of salt
8 ounces liquid crab boil
1 bag all in one powdered boil
20 oz hot sauce
5 lbs onions
10 lemons
1 bunch celery
6 heads garlic
handful of bay leaves
i'd be careful with that seasoning mix. seems like it would be pretty salty and really spicey.
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:38 am to Nick Papa Georgio
I'll make the ingredients list easy
1 big tub of seasoning
1 small bag of seasoning
1 small bottle liquid seasoning
1 cylinder of salt
cayenne to taste
1 bag of lemons
1 bag of onions
1 bag of celery
2 bags of potatoes
1 pack frozen corn
2 packs sausage
2 pack mushrooms
6 gloves of garlic
1 big tub of seasoning
1 small bag of seasoning
1 small bottle liquid seasoning
1 cylinder of salt
cayenne to taste
1 bag of lemons
1 bag of onions
1 bag of celery
2 bags of potatoes
1 pack frozen corn
2 packs sausage
2 pack mushrooms
6 gloves of garlic
This post was edited on 5/10/12 at 11:41 am
Posted on 5/10/12 at 11:39 am to GynoSandberg
thanks all 
Posted on 5/10/12 at 2:11 pm to Nick Papa Georgio
I dump about 16 oz of bacon grease into the pot for mine. Really adds a ton of flavor. It also makes them SUPER easy to peel.
Throw some bay leaves in there, lemons, oranges, 8 oz of cream cheese, habaneros, and whole avocados (your welcome!).
Don't forget your spice bags!
Throw some bay leaves in there, lemons, oranges, 8 oz of cream cheese, habaneros, and whole avocados (your welcome!).
Don't forget your spice bags!
Posted on 5/10/12 at 2:20 pm to SUB
i might RA
Posted on 5/10/12 at 3:04 pm to SUB
WTH???
Posted on 5/10/12 at 3:10 pm to Nick Papa Georgio
No matter the recipe or the method the 1st step should always be the same.
Step 1: open beer
Step 1: open beer
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