Low Country Boil Carolina style

old bay seasoning

🥗Healthier: homemade spice blend

💰Cheaper: seasoned salt

Homemade spice blend can reduce sodium while maintaining flavor.

shrimp

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: crawfish

Chicken is leaner, while crawfish can be more affordable.

red potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: regular potatoes

Sweet potatoes add nutrition, while regular potatoes are often cheaper.

sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: hot dogs

Turkey sausage is leaner, while hot dogs can be a budget-friendly option.

Pour the entire 16-ounce bag of Louisiana brand crawfish, shrimp, and crab boil into a pot half full of water.

Add the entire 8-ounce bottle of concentrated crawfish, crab, and shrimp boil to the pot.

Stir the mixture with a paddle and cover the pot to heat it up until it starts rolling.

Cut lemons in half and quarter white onions, then add them to the pot along with a couple of cloves of garlic.

Wait for the mixture to reach a rolling boil.

Add a bag of red potatoes and cut sausage to the pot, stirring the mixture.

Let the potatoes and sausage cook for about 10-15 minutes until the potatoes are tender.

Add frozen corn to the pot and cover it to bring it back to a rolling boil.

Add 7 pounds of fresh South Carolina shrimp and about 3 pounds of crawfish to the pot, then cover it again.

Once boiling, add about a dozen clusters of snow crab to the pot and ensure they are submerged.

Turn off the heat and let it drain in a colander before serving.

Cooking Techniques

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