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re: I Witnessed a Strange Crawfish Boil Technique--what's your weirdest?
Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:17 pm to sjmabry
Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:17 pm to sjmabry
I usually do mine in plain water, then into an Ice chest where they're topped with a little homemade dry boil and Tony's mix. Close the chest and let them steam for a bit to lock in the spice and flavor. We serve with a few dipping sauces, but the crowd favorite is always Cane's sauce. Second would be a catsup and ranch mix.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 3:14 am to Rickety Cricket
My method works well for me. Crawfish are juicy, peel easy, and have good flavor. Fill pot halfway, get to rolling boil and add 3/4 of a big jar of cajunland seasoning. Also add a cup or so of salt since the seasoning has salt in it. Cut about 8 lemons, add some bay leaves. Then add potatoes, sliced in half garlic and boil for 15 min. Then with it boiling add my crawfish and sausage. Once it starts boiling again, I time it for 6 minutes and shut the burner off. Take the cover off, spray the sides, add a pack of frozen corn and let it soak stirring occasionally. I don't really go by time anymore when I think they are done. The crawfish will sink when ready to eat. I then pour on table and they come out good.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 6:26 am to Mo Jeaux
Soaking is not a myth.
You boil in plain water...once frothy you cut heat, then remove after a minute. Pull the basket and put the basket in a separate pot of heated seasoned water (was boiling not long ago, because vegetables were done in there) and soak these crawfish for thirty minutes.
Better than any other crawfish I have had.
You boil in plain water...once frothy you cut heat, then remove after a minute. Pull the basket and put the basket in a separate pot of heated seasoned water (was boiling not long ago, because vegetables were done in there) and soak these crawfish for thirty minutes.
Better than any other crawfish I have had.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 7:58 am to QuiteTheConundrum
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Soaking is not a myth.
You boil in plain water...once frothy you cut heat, then remove after a minute. Pull the basket and put the basket in a separate pot of heated seasoned water (was boiling not long ago, because vegetables were done in there) and soak these crawfish for thirty minutes.
Better than any other crawfish I have had.
I don't have a problem with this. It's a bit more work but you get the same result in the end. This is kind of our method for shrimp because of the extremely short cooking time.
As long as you aren't pouring seasoning on the shells to hide the fact that you screwed them up to begin with, you're fine by me.
You cool the pot, I boil for less time but keep them in the same water. No big deal.
The part in bold says you know better than 95% of the posters in here
Posted on 4/2/15 at 9:51 am to BayouBlue386
I refuse to believe the seasoning on the shells method can be "done right". Been horrible the times I had it.
Sometimes you have to be a dick at the boil or and take over. Will be doing the boiling tomorrow because this group has screwed up their crawfish before. too each their own.
The only thing that pisses me off truly about crawfish is when there are about six kids at a boil, and the person boiling makes them mild purposely "so the kids can have some". Then the little bastards eat about a pound combined and now everyone has to eat shite crawfish.
Sometimes you have to be a dick at the boil or and take over. Will be doing the boiling tomorrow because this group has screwed up their crawfish before. too each their own.
The only thing that pisses me off truly about crawfish is when there are about six kids at a boil, and the person boiling makes them mild purposely "so the kids can have some". Then the little bastards eat about a pound combined and now everyone has to eat shite crawfish.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 10:05 am to QuiteTheConundrum
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Then the little bastards eat about a pound combined and now everyone has to eat shite crawfish.
Yep, just pull out their serving at the ten minute mark instead of the 30 minute mark.
I refuse to touch the pot unless I'm the only one touching it. A buddy of mine has the same mentality. We hang out with our wives and the rest until it's all done. Easier than hurting feelings and I rarely eat more than a pound or so if they arent done right.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 10:47 am to QuiteTheConundrum
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Sometimes you have to be a dick at the boil or and take over.
Good luck with that. If somebody does that at my boil I tell them to GTFO.
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