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crawfish

🥗Healthier: shrimp

💰Cheaper: crab

Shrimp is lower in calories and crab can be more budget-friendly.

sausage

🥗Healthier: chicken sausage

💰Cheaper: hot dogs

Chicken sausage is lower in fat, while hot dogs can be more affordable.

Order a sack of crawfish, typically around 30 pounds.

Dump crawfish into a cooler and run water over them to clean, letting the water drain continuously.

Fill a large pot with water about half to two-thirds full and lower the basket in.

Light the propane burner using the electric ignition.

Add quartered onions and halved garlic cloves to the pot as the water heats up.

Squeeze the juice from 6 or 7 lemons and add them to the pot, along with 4 large oranges, bay leaves, and kosher salt.

Add Cajun seafood boil seasoning in strainable bags to the pot and stir everything together.

Bring the water to a boil and let it boil for about 5 minutes, then remove some citrus and aromatics to make room for the vegetables.

Add halved artichokes and potatoes to the pot and cook for 5 to 10 minutes before adding corn, brussels sprouts, mushrooms, and sausage.

After a couple of minutes, add the crawfish and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, then turn off the heat and cover the pot to let it soak for 20 to 30 minutes.

Pull the pot up and let the liquid strain off, then dump the contents onto a table covered with newspaper for serving.

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