Cooking crawfish

Ok so if he has a big bag of louisiana boil then pour half of it in the water. Bring to a boil. Cut potatos in half. Potatos go in. Bring back to a boil 8-10 minutes. Add. Corn and sausage. Bring back to a boil for 10 minutes. Remove. Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable or canola oil if you have some. Pour in the rest of the louisiana seasoning. Bring back to a boil. Crawfish in. Bring back to a boil for 5 minutes. Cut off propane and wash down pot with a waterhose to cool it off some. Let sit for 10 minutes. Try them and see if they are to your liking. I generally let it sit for 15-20 minutes for me but some ppl dont like them that spicy.

Bag of chackbay, box of salt, bottl of crab boil. Bring water to boil, put crawfish and fixins in, bring back to boil, boil for 4 min, turn off fire and soak for 20 min, remove from pot and serve.

Oranges and jalapeños. I have found that dumping a bag of ice on top of last batch seems to make it draw in that seasoning. A guy recently put some eggs in with the sausage and corn and I thought they were really good.

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Cut off propane and wash down pot with a waterhose to cool it off some.

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This should be in bold. Seafood cooks FAST, and overcooked crafish suck. Cool the pot down as quickly as possible after it's boiled for no more than 5 mins. Water should still be hot but not scalding, the goal is to stop the cooking process but still be warm enough to take flavor. Soak to taste.

Get good at doing this with your pot and you really can't go wrong.

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Liquid crab boil is nasty with boiled crawfish IMO. Never liked it. It doesn't spread well, and has "that taste" to it

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Totally agree! Tastes like gasoline.

If you are using frozen corn it is already cooked, you just need to heat it up a bit, put in water after you cut the fire and just let it soak awhile, I hate overcooked chewy corn

Everything Ohface55 said in the way I do it. Only thing I will add is to put the Mushrooms last, just in case someone is allergic.

It's hard to mess up boiled crawfish. Season as recommended on the pkg (little more or less depending in your liking). Throw potatoes in, bring to boil fit a few minutes, put crawfish in, bring back to boil for 1-4 min, cut off heat. Let soak and start trying them at 10 min and let soak till you are satisfied.


I have never done the ice or spraying down the pot method, but it sounds good and I may try next go round

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I usually just act like I don't quite know what I'm doing. There will be PLENTY of show offs glad to take over and stand by the pot and look important. Then you can just drink and not have to touch em till they're done.

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This is normally my plan as well.

Also don't over cook.

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Never tried it, I didn't mention that I always add whole heads of garlic and oranges/lemons in half after I kill the heat. Citrus helps with peeling in my experience.

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We always add garlic and lemons halved too. Didn't know it helps with peeling. The lemon url ( ) adds a good flavor. My uncle only puts in a tablespoon but a friend of mine adds in a whole bottle. Think it's 4 oz's. Adds a LOT of lemon flavor but I like it.