Crawfish Boil Recipe for 40 to 45 Pounds of Crawfish

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Crawfish Boil Recipe for 40 to 45 Pounds of Crawfish

Recipe courtesy Jay Francis
SHOW:
FoodNation with Bobby Flay
EPISODE:
Houston, TX

Crawfish Boil Recipe for 40 to 45 Pounds of Crawfish
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Recipe courtesy Jay Francis
SHOW:
FoodNation with Bobby Flay
EPISODE:
Houston, TX

Ingredients
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 (4.5 pound) bag Crawfish Crab and Shrimp Boil
5 pounds of #1 red potatoes, cleaned but not peeled
40 to 45 pounds live crawfish, cleaned
24 ears of corn, shucked and cut into halves
Special Equipment:
A 20-gallon crawfish pot with basket and lid, or equivalent pot used for frying turkeys
A lifting hook to lower the basket into the cooking pot
Propane burner
Heavy duty rubber kitchen gloves to protect against burns and spices
Heavy duty apron
2 large ice chests with drain plug
Cook's Notes:
Exercise extreme care when handling hot liquids and spices.

Directions
Leaving the crawfish in the broth for a longer time results in more spiciness. Sprinkling additional spice mixture on the crawfish after draining also will increase the spiciness.

Crawfish Crab and Shrimp Boil: There are many manufacturers to choose from. This is a spice blend of salt, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, lemon juice, and additional spices. Typically a bag of spice mix costs about $5.00. The brand used for the show was Lousiana Fish Fry Products Crawfish Crab and Shrimp Boil.

Instructions:

Place the cooking pot with its basket on the propane burner and fill with 11 gallons of water, about halfway. This should be about the right amount of water to protect against spillage when the potatoes or crawfish are added later. Add the 2 sticks of butter and 2/3 of the bag of Crawfish Crab and Shrimp Boil, and the 5 pounds of red potatoes. Cover and bring to a boil. Cook potatoes for 15 minutes and, while the potatoes are cooking, rinse the crawfish.

Place the bag of crawfish in 1 of the coolers, or, on the ground and hose down the bag until the water runs clear, about 5 minutes. Open the bag and pour the live crawfish into 1 of the coolers. With the drain of the cooler open, continue to rinse the crawfish for 5 minutes or until the water runs clear.

After the potatoes have cooked for 15 minutes, add the corn and continue cooking the corn and the potatoes for 15 minutes more.

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