Anyone ever ordered from LA and done a large boil? Tips? I have pots and burners.
I will try to answer your questions, not an expert but I have boiled a lot of crawfish through the yearsI'm also looking for tips on how to do the boil. I've done countless large Low Country boils, but never a crawfish boil, and I was born in Louisiana!
That's essentially what we do, but it seems the process takes quite a while. We usually start around 4pm, but we have a big pot and it takes a while to get going. I think we cook a tad longer and let soak for 30 minutes afterwards. So good!Do you have a boiling basket for your pot? I wouldn't advising using less than a 5gal pot. You are really better off closer to 10 gallons if you are going to boil a sack.
Purge your crawfish in clean water for a couple of hours.
Add salt, lemons, onions, Zattarans seafood boil(in bags) and a small bottle of their liquid boil.
Bring to a rapid boil.
Add potatoes/corn and anything else that might take more than 6-8 mins to cook.
Add sausage and any other meats/vegetables that take less than 5 mins to cook.
Make sure potatoes are tender and bring back to a rapid boil.
Add live crawfish and boil 2-3 mins then turn off the burner and let everything soak for about 15 mins.
Repeat with the remainder of the crawfish in the same water. Remove the potatoes/corn etc as they are ready They can usually take 2-3 boil cycles before they become too mushy.
I think we cook a tad longer and let soak for 30 minutes afterwards. So good!
Anyone ever ordered from LA and done a large boil? Tips? I have pots and burners.
I've got several pots up to 65 gallons and a huge burner. I didn't think a sack would even fit in a 10 gallon pot. I was contemplating an 80 or 100 pot in the future.Do you have a boiling basket for your pot? I wouldn't advising using less than a 5gal pot. You are really better off closer to 10 gallons if you are going to boil a sack.
Purge your crawfish in clean water for a couple of hours.
Add salt, lemons, onions, Zattarans seafood boil(in bags) and a small bottle of their liquid boil.
Bring to a rapid boil.
Add potatoes/corn and anything else that might take more than 6-8 mins to cook.
Add sausage and any other meats/vegetables that take less than 5 mins to cook.
Make sure potatoes are tender and bring back to a rapid boil.
Add live crawfish and boil 2-3 mins then turn off the burner and let everything soak for about 15 mins.
Repeat with the remainder of the crawfish in the same water. Remove the potatoes/corn etc as they are ready They can usually take 2-3 boil cycles before they become too mushy.