Yield: 4 servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
½ cup | Mustard seeds |
6 tablespoons | Coriander seeds |
¼ cup | Whole allspice seeds |
¼ cup | Dill seeds |
2 teaspoons | Whole cloves |
12 smalls | Dried red chilies crumbled, |
\N \N | Or 1 tablespoon crushed red |
\N \N | Pepper |
16 \N | Bay leaves |
8 quarts | Water |
1 \N | Dozen small new potatoes, |
\N \N | Scrubbed |
2 larges | Onions, unpeeled, cut in |
\N \N | Half crosswise |
2 \N | Lemons, halved |
1¼ cup | Plus 1 tablespoon salt |
¼ cup | Plus 1 tablespoon cayenne |
1 large | Head garlic, cut in half |
\N \N | Crosswise |
1 pounds | Andouille sausage, cut into |
1 \N | Inch pieces |
4 \N | Ears fresh corn, shucked and |
\N \N | Cut into thirds |
2 pounds | Crawfish |
5 pounds | Crabs, such as dungeness, |
\N \N | Blue, stone, king or snow |
\N \N | Crabs |
2 \N | (1 pound) lobsters |
2 pounds | Shrimp, peeled and divined |
2 \N | Dozen littleneck, steamer, |
\N \N | Razor, Pacific littleneck or |
\N \N | Manila clams |
1 cup | Melted butter, warm |
2 tablespoons | Finely chopped parsley |
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Place the first seven ingredients in cheesecloth and tie with butchers twine. Put the seasoning bag, water, potatoes, onions, lemons, 1¼ cups of the salt, ¼ cup of the cayenne, and garlic in a large stockpot. Bring the liquid to a boil, cover and boil for 15 minutes.
Add the sausage, corn, crawfish, and crabs. Using a long handled spoon, stir around and press the contents of the pot down well into the water. Cover the pot and return to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes.
Turn off the heat. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon salt and 1 tablespoon cayenne. Cover and let the boil stand for 10 minutes. Add the shrimp and clams. Continue to cook for 5 minutes. Drain.
Turn the shellfish boil on to news paper. Serve with melted butter.
Garnish with parsley.
Nutritional information per serving: xx calories, xx gm protein, xxx mg cholesterol, xx gm carbohydrate, xxx mg sodium, x gm fiber, xx gm fat (x gm sat, x gm mono, x gm poly), x mg iron, xx mg calcium, xx% of calories from fat.
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