Skyfall Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 I did these up Saturday and Sunday. Sooooo Good! !! Ai-yeeeeeeee 1
laficion Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Congratulations, That looks soooooo good !!!!!!!!!
stogieluver Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Now that's some eat'n right there! Thanks for making me drool all over my shirt.
ArtemusGordon Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 That is a beautiful sight! Nice work! makes me want to leave work and go eat shrimp
SurpriseMVP Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Wow, haven't been to one of those since I was a kid. Good memories. Thanks for sharing
Gogicha Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Looks delicous, I love sea food. Did eat it all by yourself ? jk
Habana Mike Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 You in Tejas or Loosiana? Either way nice spread, I guess that's surf and surf Swanson!
Skyfall Posted March 27, 2014 Author Posted March 27, 2014 Tejas, we know our Crawdads too!!! SUCK THE HEAD!
bradbrennan Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 First time I had them was in Texas, found a source in Louisiana to ship live overnight ...they look incredible, don't suppose you'd share your recipe?!
Skyfall Posted March 31, 2014 Author Posted March 31, 2014 First time I had them was in Texas, found a source in Louisiana to ship live overnight ...they look incredible, don't suppose you'd share your recipe?!Sure!First, I purge them for a full 24 hours prior to cooking, this is a must. Salt water soak. If doing a large amount a kids plastic swimming pool is key! ( measurements are never precise- a shitload is about as specific as it gets ). Your water is ready when you lean over the steam and breath in and it chokes you, if you don't choke add more seasoning ! Bring water to a boil Add: Salt Black pepper Cayenne pepper Crab boil bag seasoning Crab boil liquid concentrate Fresh parsley Fresh thyme Whole heads of garlic unpeeled Quartered red and yellow onions Sliced lemons Sliced oranges Sliced smoked beef and pork sausage Boil for 10 minutes Boil your: Red potatoes Corn Whole white mushrooms Boil until potatoes are done Pull it out and dump in ice chest to keep warm Don't dump out garlic heads, keep them in water Bring back to boil Put in purged and washed crawfish Stir, boil for 3-5 minutes and shut off heat Let sit for 2-3 minutes with fire off Add a ton of ice immediately to cool down the water Let the crawfish sit in the seasoned cool water for 5 minutes. The longer the better. Dump the contents of the ice chest out on a newspaper lined table, dump the crawfish on top of that. Dust with spicy seasoning if you want. Enjoy with some French bread and some ice cold beer! *** hint***. If you want to boil some shrimp simtaneoudly, but still seperated, fill some clean panty hose with shrimp, tie off the top and add when you add the crawfish.
bradbrennan Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 Terrific, thank you very much! I like your added vegetables, and several great tips!
bradbrennan Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 A Baton Rouge friend recommended adding a couple sticks of butter to the boil to make them easier to peel, what are your thoughts, or is it just unnecessary added fat?
Skyfall Posted March 31, 2014 Author Posted March 31, 2014 A Baton Rouge friend recommended adding a couple sticks of butter to the boil to make them easier to peel, what are your thoughts, or is it just unnecessary added fat? Unnecessary. I've been boiling crawfish and shrimp for 19 years, never needed it, always peel perfectly fine. The ice shock can achieve the same goal. Peeling is also an art, I don't really peel any way. I pull the head from the tail , pinch the bottom of the tail and grab the meat with my teeth and pull out while pinching. It takes about a half a second. Crush and suck the head fat and juice, then pull the top part of the head away from the bottom part, using my little finger or bread, scrape out all the goop! Also from time to time, I add fresh Brussel sprouts to the boil. 1
CanuckSARTech Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Gawddamn, this all looks and sounds so freakin' good!!!!!
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