Soaked boiled crawfish
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | pounds | Crawfish, live |
| 2 | eaches | Salt, boxes |
| 12 | eaches | Lemons, halved |
| 12 | eaches | Onions, med, halved |
| 1 | each | Celery stalk, 2\" pieces |
| 1 | each | Bottle liquid crab boil |
| 4 | ounces | Cayenne pepper, liquid |
| 6 | eaches | Bags crab boil |
| 1 | each | Tabasco sauce, bottle |
| 9 | eaches | Garlic clove, halved |
Directions
Purge in tub with one box salt for 5 minutes. Drain and repeat. Fill 60 qt pot half-way with water and all ingredients except crawfish.
Boil vigorously for 5 minutes. Add crawfish and bring to a second boil. For small crawfish, turn off fire and let soak for 45 minutes.
If large, boil 3-5 minutes before removing from fire to soak. Source: Times-Picayune/States-Item paper, 15 Mar 84 Dureau's and Radosti's Recipe date: 03/15/84