Boiled Crawfish
Ingredients
- 2 heads garlic cut in half crosswise
- 2 lemons cut in half
- 3 to 4 tablespoons Old Bay
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne optional
- Handful of basil leaves cut into strips
- 5 pounds crawfish cleaned (see below)
Instructions
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Clean crawfish: put them in a large bowl with running water pouring over the top. Swish and allow the mud to clear, with the water still running. Remove and rinse with running water over a colander. Discard any crawfish that are dead.
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Fill a large stock pot with enough water to cover all the crawfish. Add in the all the ingredients except for the basil and crawfish. Bring to a boil, and let boil for 10 minutes.
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Add in the basil and crawfish. Cover. When the water begins to rapidly boil again, cook for 1 minute, then remove from the heat. Let the crawfish sit in the boiling liquid for 10 minutes to cook through.
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Drain and serve.
Recipe Notes
Adapted from Fish: The Basics by Shirley King