Seafood Boil Garlic Butter Sauce

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil reduces saturated fat while maintaining flavor.

crab legs

🥗Healthier: imitation crab

💰Cheaper: canned crab meat

Imitation crab is lower in cost and easier to find.

Old Bay seasoning

🥗Healthier: homemade spice mix

💰Cheaper: generic seafood seasoning

Homemade mix can control sodium and ingredients.

lemon

🥗Healthier: lime

💰Cheaper: vinegar

Lime provides similar acidity and flavor.

Start by chopping or mincing 6 to 7 cloves of garlic.

Melt 5 sticks of butter in a saucepan over low heat.

Add the chopped garlic to the melted butter and let it infuse.

In a separate pot, flavor the water with salt, juice from 1 lemon, 3 bay leaves, and 3 capfuls of liquid crab boil.

Add 6 mini corns and 9 baby red potatoes to the pot and boil until the potatoes are tender.

Once the potatoes are tender, add the crab legs to the pot to warm them through.

Prepare the shrimp by cleaning them and add them to the butter sauce, tossing to coat.

Cook the shrimp in the butter sauce on low heat for 6 to 10 minutes, ensuring they do not overcook.

Layer the crab legs, potatoes, and corn in a serving bowl, ladling the garlic butter sauce over each layer.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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