Old School Crawfish Boil

andouille sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: smoked sausage

Turkey sausage reduces fat content while smoked sausage is more affordable.

Old Bay seasoning

🥗Healthier: homemade spice blend

💰Cheaper: generic seafood seasoning

Homemade blends can be healthier and generic options are often cheaper.

crawfish

🥗Healthier: shrimp

💰Cheaper: crab

Shrimp is a leaner option, while crab can be more affordable depending on the season.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: yams

Sweet potatoes provide more nutrients, while yams are often less expensive.

Prepare a high-performance 120-quart aluminum pot with a built-in burner.

Fill the pot with 14 to 15 gallons of water and add seasonings while the water is cold.

Stir the seasonings into the water until dissolved as the pot heats up.

Add 7 pounds of swamp fire seafood boil seasoning to the water.

Add half a bottle of liquid crab boil concentrate to the pot.

Add 7 halved lemons, 7 halved onions, and 7 heads of garlic to the pot.

Bring the water to a boil for about 10 minutes to infuse the flavors.

Once boiling, add the first sack of crawfish to the pot.

Cover the pot and wait for the water to return to a boil, which should take about a minute.

Once boiling again, boil the crawfish for 3 minutes.

Turn off the heat and add 10 pounds of ice cold gulf shrimp to the pot to cool down the mixture.

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