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Cayenne pepper in crawfish boil
Posted on 6/3/11 at 9:50 am
Posted on 6/3/11 at 9:50 am
Hello all, I'll be boiling two pots of crawfish tonight. Each will be 50 lbs, I know how much of the other ingredients to add for each boil, but how much cayenne should I add to
each?
Thanks!!
each?
Thanks!!
Posted on 6/3/11 at 9:52 am to keepAMERICAstrong
1 tbsp for every 5 pounds of crawfish
This post was edited on 6/3/11 at 9:53 am
Posted on 6/3/11 at 10:26 am to keepAMERICAstrong
It depends what your "other ingredients" are.
My crawfish recipie calls for 12oz of cayenne.
My crawfish recipie calls for 12oz of cayenne.
Posted on 6/3/11 at 10:50 am to keepAMERICAstrong
I use a third of that big one... maybe a little more. But I like my crawfish very very spicy.
Posted on 6/3/11 at 11:12 am to papz
I put both of those bottles and are not too spicy.
Posted on 6/3/11 at 11:19 am to rhmyhand
Are you using liquid boil too? If you are and using both of those bottles...
...your glory hole must make one hell of an exhaust pipe.
...your glory hole must make one hell of an exhaust pipe.
This post was edited on 6/3/11 at 11:20 am
Posted on 6/3/11 at 11:32 am to papz
a 1/3? I use like a whole jar + liquid + boil bags + powdered boil
Posted on 6/3/11 at 11:40 am to Geauxld Finger
The OP can certainly try it... just remember you can always add during the boil. I always taste and go from there. If it's too spicy, you can't take it out and will ruin the boil.
Posted on 6/3/11 at 11:52 am to papz
I'll be using a 64oz pack of crab boil seasoning and an 8oz bottle of liquid boil for the first pot. I should have put this in the OP
Posted on 6/3/11 at 12:36 pm to papz
quote:
...your glory hole must make one hell of an exhaust pipe.
Not at all. Been using the same recipie for years. Came from a guy that won a crawfish cook off two years in a row. Better than any of that pre made seasoning.
Here it is (you won't be dissapointed):
12 lemons quartered
4 medium onions quartered
3 large garlic (in half through the middle of the pods)
1 whole celery (chopped into about 1 inch pieces
8 oz liquid crab boil
12 oz cayenne
3-4 boxes salt
When water comes to first boil add all ingredients, when it comes to a boil again, add crawfish. When crawfish come to a rolling boil, turn off the pot and dump in a bag of ice. Let soak 20-30 minutes.
If any one tries this and still thinks that their recipie is better, let me know.
Posted on 6/3/11 at 12:41 pm to keepAMERICAstrong
A half cup or so per 50 lbs. should do quite well, 500# used a quart jar many year ago, so I am just doing the mental math.
Posted on 6/3/11 at 12:49 pm to rhmyhand
I do something similiar to that but I'm Asian... and we typically add more citrus using oranges and a cup of sugar along with it. That said, when I use to boil at Castnet, that recipe is pretty similiar except w/o a cup of their special blend.
Posted on 6/3/11 at 2:05 pm to rhmyhand
quote:
When crawfish come to a rolling boil, turn off the pot and dump in a bag of ice
You don't let the crawfish boil for at least a couple of minutes, and you stop the cooking process with ice? I've cooked them 2 minutes and let them soak without ice. I've boiled crawfish for 3 minutes and thrown a bag of ice in there and they were slightly undercooked. I prefer 4 minutes rolling boil then ice.
Posted on 6/3/11 at 2:17 pm to Pierre
Nope, I kill the fire when they come to a boil. Trust me. I have many friends who think everything they do is better than anyone else, but when it comes to crawfish, they all agree on mine.
Would love for one of you to give it a try.
Would love for one of you to give it a try.
This post was edited on 6/6/11 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 6/3/11 at 2:37 pm to rhmyhand
quote:
Nope, I kill the fire when they come to a boil.
quote:
Would love for done of you to give it a try.
I can't do it. They may be the best crawfish in the world, but I can't see how they are fully cooked. Also the 3-4 boxes of salt seems like it is too much. But to each his own
Posted on 6/3/11 at 3:42 pm to Pierre
I have boiled for over 20 years now, and early on I added cayenne , then went to chinese red pepper, etc.. Now, I don't add any pepper, or salt. I add more seasoning, etc.. I also kill my boil immediately, cool pot fast, add frozen milk jugs of water. Crawfish are perfectly spiced, and slide right out of the shell everytime.
Posted on 6/6/11 at 2:04 pm to Pierre
quote:
but I can't see how they are fully cooked
I'll have to backtrack on my statement. This weekend I ate some crawfish that were boiled and as soon as they came to a roiling boil the fire was turned off and 2 bags of ice were dropped in. The crawfish were cooked nicely.
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