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re: Seafood Boil Help
Posted on 9/6/26 at 1:58 pm to Farmtiger
Posted on 9/6/26 at 1:58 pm to Farmtiger
Digging through the archives for boil ratios since I completely ruined my last batch with too much salt.
3lbs of powder for ~3.5 gallons is absolute overkill man, that's why it turned into a salt bomb.
Rule of thumb for a 7gal pot filled halfway: use maybe 1/3 of a bag of dry mix max, then rely on the liquid boil for the actual heat. Bring it to a rolling boil, throw the shrimp in, give it 2 minutes max, then SHUT THE HEAT OFF and let them soak for 15-20 mins. The flavor gets in during the soak, not the boiling.
Got a batch of live seafood from Maine Lobster Now last weekend and used the soak method instead of active boiling-came out tender and didn't peel your skin off from the salt
3lbs of powder for ~3.5 gallons is absolute overkill man, that's why it turned into a salt bomb.
Rule of thumb for a 7gal pot filled halfway: use maybe 1/3 of a bag of dry mix max, then rely on the liquid boil for the actual heat. Bring it to a rolling boil, throw the shrimp in, give it 2 minutes max, then SHUT THE HEAT OFF and let them soak for 15-20 mins. The flavor gets in during the soak, not the boiling.
Got a batch of live seafood from Maine Lobster Now last weekend and used the soak method instead of active boiling-came out tender and didn't peel your skin off from the salt
This post was edited on 9/8/26 at 7:23 am
Posted on 9/6/26 at 3:43 pm to Farmtiger
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Louisiana is what it was I think, something I’ve had in the pantry for a while. Red and yellow bag.
That's the brand I use for my boils. When I do an 80 qt. pot I will fill it half way, or 10 gallons of water and add 1 bag which is 64 oz. of the powdered seasoning.
That works out to roughly 6.4 oz. per gallon, so when I do small boils on my kitchen stove I will add just 6.4 oz. of seasoning per gallon of water used to complete the boil and it turns out fine.
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