ULTIMATE SEAFOOD BOIL
Tired of going to the seafood boil restaurants? Make make my Ultimate seafood boil recipe, with my creole garlic sauce!
Author: Iheartrecipes/Photo credit to iheartrecipes.com
Ingredients
- 16 cups water
- 2 large lemons sliced
- 1 medium size yellow onion sliced
- 3 sprigs fresh Italian parsley
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 3 sprigs fresh dill
- 6-8 cloves garlic
- 1 stick salted butter
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp creole seasoning
- 3 lbs king crab legs
- 2 lb jumbo shrimp peeled & deveined
- 1 lb crab claws
- 4-6 lobster tails I used 4 oz lobster tails
- 2 lbs andouille sausage or your favorite smoked sausage sliced
- 8 ears of fresh corn each cut into 3 parts
- 5 medium potatoes I used russet potatoes
- Creole Garlic Sauce
- 1 stick salted butter
- 3 tbsp mild hot sauce
- 1 large lemon juice only
- 1 ½ tbsp minced garlic
- 1 ½ tsp creole seasoning
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp parsley flakes
Instructions
- Make sure that all the seafood, herbs, and etc are nice and clean.
- Slice up 2 large lemons, and one large onion, then toss them into a large pan.
- Toss in the Italian parsley, fresh thyme, dill, and cloves of garlic.
- Now add in 1 stick of salted butter, 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar, and 2 tablespoons of creole seasoning in the large pot.
- Pour in 16 cups of cool water, and place the pot over high heat.
- Bring the water to a boil, then turn the heat down to medium high.
- Let cook for 45 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to medium.
- Now fish out all the herbs and etc ( or as much as you can).
- Add in the andouille sausage, and corn. Let cook for 15 minutes.
- Next add in the potatoes, and cook for 10 minutes.
- Start adding in the crab legs & claws, and the lobster tails. Cook for 15 minutes.
- Now toss in the shrimp, and turn the heat off!
- Let sit for 10 minutes.
- While the seafood boil is sitting, we can make our creole spiced garlic sauce.
- Combine the butter, minced garlic, hot sauce, lemon juice, creole seasoning, paprika, and parsley flakes into a sauce pan, and place it over medium heat.
- Once the butter is melted, stir the ingredients, and reduce the heat to low.
- Let cook for 10 minutes.
- You can pour the sauce over the seafood boil, or use to dip!
- Enjoy!