Crawfish Boil

13 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 6 gal. water
  • 1 tsp. cayenne pepper
  • 4 onions, quartered
  • 2 tsp. crushed thyme
  • 6 bay leaves
  • 12 whole cloves
  • 6 stalks quartered celery
  • 4 lemons, quartered
  • 3 Tbsp. crushed red pepper
  • 6 cloves minced garlic
  • 3/4 c. salt
  • 12 lb. crawfish (alive if possible)
  • melted margarine

Directions

  1. 1
    In a very large pot, combine water, cayenne, onion, thyme, bay leaves, cloves, celery, crushed red pepper, lemon, garlic and salt.
  2. 2
    Bring water to a boil; add crawfish and boil for about 6 minutes or until crawfish is deep red.
  3. 3
    Remove from shell.
  4. 4
    Serve with melted butter.
  5. 5
    Serves about 8.
  6. 6
    Great for a cookout, lawn party, etc.

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