Cajun Crawfish Boil

Step 1

Step 1: Crack open a cold beer.

Step 2

Be sure and keep some ice on your live crawfish preferably in a cooler while you are prepping for the cook.

Step 3

Don't forget to insert your boiling basket before dumping in any of your ingredients.

Step 4

Fill your pot with water and add dry and liquid seasoning

Step 5

Add potatoes, garlic, lemons, and onions

Step 6

Turn on the burner and bring the water to a boil

Step 7

Sprinkle a light coating of salt on the crawfish that are in the cooler and rinse with fresh water to purge them.

Step 8

Repeat this process by emptying the water after each fill until the water is no longer brownish. Be careful not to drown your crawfish.

Step 9

Once the water in the pot is at a rolling boil dump your crawfish in the pot and cook for 7 minutes.

Step 10

After 7 minutes turn off the burner and add in the sausage, mushrooms, frozen corn, and around 7 pounds of ice.

Step 11

Steep your crawfish for 20-30 minutes.

Step 12

Lay down some newspaper on a table.

Step 13

Remove the crawfish with the boiling basket and dump the crawfish out on the newspaper-covered table.

Step 14

Grab another cold beer and dig in.