Shrimp Boil
I play it a little fast and loose with the coriander, and pepper. I have also added a little lime juice with the lemon.
- 1 hour
- 1 hour
Ingredients
Seasoning Mix
- 1 c salt
- 6 T Juice of 2 large, fresh lemons
- 3/4 t Tabasco (or your favorite hot sauce)
- 1 t All Spice
- 10 whole cloves (I used ground cloves sometimes)
- 4 springs fresh thyme or 1 t dried thyme
- 5 whole bay leaves, broken in half (dried is fine)
- 1 t celery seed
- 0.5 t dry mustard (I use seeds, but ground is probably just as good)
- 1.5 t fresh ground black pepper
- 1-1.5 t coriander seed (This is my twist on the recipe)
The Good Stuff
- 0.5 lbs shrimp/person
- 0.5 lbs potatoes/person - Use either baby yellow or baby red.
- 0.17 lbs Cajun Andouille sausage/person
- 1-2 ears of sweet corn/person
Directions
- Put ~4 quarts of water into a large stock pot.
- Add the spice mix to the water and bring it to a full rolling boil.
- Add the potatoes, and cook until a toothpick can pierce it easily.
- Add the sausage and shrimp. Boil for 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Add the corn, and let the entire pot sit, covered for ~15 minutes.
- Drain the water, and pour entire pot out onto table covered in newspaper.
- Provide, butter, salt, hot sauce table side.
- Most importantly, eat with your hands, it tastes better that way!
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