Willing to share your favorite crawfish boil recipe?

Water.

That’s all you’re getting from me.

Should be able to find what you need in here

Keep it simple especially since it’s been a while.

Make sure you clean your crawfish. Many methods here I just constantly hose them down in a large open ice chest. I fill it up multiple times and let the water run through them mixing them around as well.

Simple boil:

-Cut up veggies (onion, garlic, lemon, etc)

Fill pot about half way or so. I am not sure as I go by the holes in the basket and a line on the pot.

Get that heat going then throw in the veggies and potatoes along with a jar/bag of your favorite seasoning and some liquid. Intend to use Louisiana powder and a small Zats liquid. I tinker with this and also sometimes add liquid during the soak but not sure if necessary. Keep your corn in the freezer at this time. I let all of this boil together for a bit.

Now just pour in your crawfish and keep the heat up until you start to see steam coming from out the sides of the lid. Check them and if there are bubbles or a small boil coming back you can cut off the fire. Don’t let it just sit there and boil for 10 minutes.

Throw your frozen corn in and mix around to get down in there. I like to release steam multiple times by lifting the pot every so often. Let soak for about 30 and they should be good to go. Just check them every once in a while to see how they are tasting and peeling.

Just like with every boil people do it a little differently as do I sometimes but that will certainly get you going.

TLDR version

Put veggies,potatoes, seasoning in water and boil
Throw cleaned crawfish in
Cut fire when it’s just coming back to a boil
Add corn and let soak for 30 minutes lifting the pot at times to release some heat.

Yeah man that’s how to keep it simple.

Clean craws
Add lemons, garlic, onion, and seasoning to half full pot of water
Once boiling, add potatoes and let them go for about 10min
Add crawfish and once it gets back to a medium boil, kill the fire
Add corn, mushrooms, whatever else and soak for 15-30 minutes.
enjoy



Literally one of the easiest things in the world made overly complicated by most.

Water, spices you like, sides you like, boil til they float and soak til they sink. Cook with what you like and if nobody likes them but you then you get to eat like a king!

Going to try boiling for the first time tomorrow. Please critique my recipe

1 sack of crawfish
3 lbs Richard’s smoked sausage
1 lb Cocktail smokies
6 lbs red potatoes
16 oz whole mushrooms
3 lbs yellow onions
4 lbs lemons
1 lb baby carrots
24 Frozen small corns
6 Bulbs of garlic
4.5 lb bag of Louisiana crawfish boil
8 oz Zatarains liquid conc. crab boil
1 frozen gallon jug of water


Rinse and purge crawfish numerous times
Fill pot about half full and bring to a boil. (think its a 120 quart pot)
Add boil powder and 8 oz boil liquid and stir
Add potatoes and cook for 10 minutes
Cut onions in half, remove skin, and throw into pot.
Cut garlic bulbs in half and throw in pot
Slice lemons in half, juice into pot, and throw rinds in pot
Cut sausage into 2 inch links and throw in pot
Add cocktail smokies, mushrooms, and baby carrots to the pot
Return pot to a boil and add crawfish
Return pot to boil and boil crawfish for 5 minutes. Keep heat on pot for no longer than 10 minutes total. Floating is a good indicator of doneness.
Kill heat, add frozen corn, add frozen gallon water jug, and apply hose water to sides of pot.
Let soak for 20 minutes or until they “sink” and serve

Bone apple tea

Sausage just makes the boil greasy, and who boils sausage outside of this application?

I’d buy a big jar of cayenne and add that as well. All those veggies are going to soak up seasoning. Ideally you want the crawfish to soak it all up. Maybe double your crab boil too.

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Clean craws
Add lemons, garlic, onion, and seasoning to half full pot of water
Once boiling, add potatoes and let them go for about 10min
Add crawfish and once it gets back to a medium boil, kill the fire
Add corn, mushrooms, whatever else and soak for 15-30 minutes.
enjoy



Literally one of the easiest things in the world made overly complicated by most.

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I always laugh whenever people brag about their crawfish and their techniques and they tatse just like everyone else’s crawfish it ain’t rocket science

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In a 80-100 qt pot, fill it with 2/3 water

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In a 100 qt pot, I think that's too much water. The easiest thing you can do to up the crawfish flavor is to use the bare minimum of water.