Best Crawfish Boil Recipe: A Beginner’s Guide To A Large Backyard Boil

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Best Crawfish Boil Recipe: A Beginner’s Guide To A Large Backyard Boil

The definitive guide to throwing a 30 or 60 pound crawfish boil in your own backyard, for beginners and experienced crawfish lovers!

Course Seafood

Cuisine Gulf Seafood

Keyword 60 pound, crawfish boil, how to throw a crawfish boil, large crawfish boil, recipes

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 2

Total Time 3

Servings -25 Adults

Calories 995kcal

Author Sarah Penrod

Ingredients

60 lb. live whole crawfish (2 30 lb. bags)
15- gallon outdoor cooker kit - propane outdoor stove and 15 lb pot. (Also sold as a turkey fryer)
6 oranges
6 lemons
6 heads garlic
6 white onions
6 small bags of red potatoes
3 large containers of whole mushrooms
24 half ears of corn frozen corn is fine
4-6 lbs. assorted sausage see note below

For the boiling brew:

8 gallons of water
3 16 oz. bags of powdered crawfish boil Zatarain's or Louisiana Brand preferred
3 4 oz. bottles of crab boil concentrate Zatarain's or Louisiana Brand preferred
1 large bottle of Louisiana Hot Sauce
1/4 c. cayenne optional for spicy lovers

Instructions

This boil is made first and reused for every 20 lbs of crawfish boiled...

Part 1 - 20 lbs crawfish, strain from the simmering pot and servePart 2 - 20 lbs. crawfish, strain from the simmering pot and servePart 3 - 20 lbs. crawfish, strain from the simmering pot and serveFor the Boil:

Fill the 15-gallon pot with water about 3/4 of the way up. Add 3 bags of powdered crawfish boil and 3 bottles of crab boil concentrate, 1 large bottle of Louisiana Hot Sauce, add 1/4 c. cayenne. Squeeze all of the oranges and lemons into the boil. (We throw a few in each batch as well!) Every batch will get a little bit spicier as the brew concentrates, so let guests know to expect that.
For every 20 lb. round of crawfish added to the pot, add 2 bags of red potatoes to the pot because they need the longest cooking time. Add 2 garlic heads whole and 2 onions. Next, add the crawfish. Stir, and bring to a boil.
Let boil for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat. Add 1 package of mushrooms and 1/3 of the corn. Place the lid on the pot and simmer for 20 minutes.
Drain, Dump on the picnic table. Repeat with each batch, totaling 3 batches.

Notes

Assorted sausage can be used as well and added in with the veggies, or grilled on the grill if you have that going as well. We used andouille, hatch chile pepper sausage, and mild sausage for the kids. Cut into 3-inch chunks and boil along with the crawfish if desired.

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