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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Low Country Boil


Ingredients:

4 Tbsp Old Bay seasoning
2 Tbsp garlic salt
5 lbs small red potatoes (cut into bite-size pieces or put them in whole)
12 ears of corn, shucked & broken in half or thirds
4 lbs kielbasa sausage (cut into bite-size pieces)
5 lbs shrimp (for max convenience, choose tail off, peeled, deveined)
2 sticks butter, melted (16 Tbsp)

Directions:

Use a large stock pot, around 30 qt, with removable basket. Add about 15 qt water, Old Bay seasoning, and garlic salt. Heat to boil. (It will take a while for it to boil!)

Add potatoes. Boil for about 10 minutes. (They should be getting softer, but still medium hard.)

Add sausage. Boil about 5 minutes.

Add corn. Boil 7-10 minutes. 

Add shrimp. Boil for a few minutes. If the shrimp is pre-cooked (ours was), it just needs to get hot. Otherwise, just boil it until it turns pink.

Pull out the basket, and move the food to the serving area. Traditionally the table is covered with paper or newspaper, so you can "throw" the food on it from the basket. And then the food is spread out for easy access. But a large bowl works just fine!

Pour the melted butter over everything. (OR - everyone gets their own small dish of melted butter to dunk food in). If a large bowl is used, stir everything gently so the butter coats as much as possible.

This recipe is very forgiving, so just about all the quantities can be adjusted as you want. Just make sure there's enough space in the pot for all the food!