Recipe: Tasty Old Fashioned Low Country Boil

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Old Fashioned Low Country Boil. Heat a large pot of water over an outdoor cooker, or medium-high heat indoors. Add Old Bay Seasoning to taste, and bring to a boil. Old Fashioned Low Country Boil One of my family's favorite meals!

Maybe add a cup of water if your liquid reduced a lot.

Turn up to a full rolling boil again.

These little low country boil foil packs are filled with all the things you might typically find in a low country boil - shrimp, potatoes, corn on the cob, andouille sausage and a sprinkle (or two!) of Old Bay seasoning.

You can have Old Fashioned Low Country Boil using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Old Fashioned Low Country Boil

1. You need of medium sized shrimp.

2. You need of snow crab legs (or your choice of crab).

3. It’s of sausage (andouille, spicy your choice).

4. Prepare of small red potatoes.

5. Prepare of French bread.

6. You need of corn on the cob (fresh if possible but frozen is fine).

7. It’s of celery, chopped.

8. Prepare of small onion, chopped.

9. It’s of garlic, roughly chopped.

10. You need of shrimp, crawfish, crab boil.

11. It’s of cayenne pepper (optional).

12. You need of butter.

It's a perfect balance of meat to vegetables all with a zippy Old Bay taste.

Fill a large pot with enough water to cover all of the ingredients.

Add the crab boil and bring to a boil.

Adjust the crab boil to suit your taste.

Old Fashioned Low Country Boil instructions

1. In a large stock pot, fill halfway with water. Add onions, garlic, celery, cayenne pepper, and bring to boil.

2. Rinse shrimp and crab. Set aside..

3. Wash red potatoes. If they are small enough add whole to boiling water. Otherwise slice in half. Boil for 10 minutes..

4. Slice ears of corn into two or three chunks. Add to potatoes in boiling water. Boil for 10 minutes..

5. Add seasoning bag to boiling water..

6. Slice sausage into chunks. Add to water. Reduce heat. Cook for 6 minutes..

7. Add crab legs to pot. Cover and cook for 10 minutes. The crab legs should really just be heating up. Adjust the time based on their size..

8. Add shrimp to pot. Cover and cook till pink and the shrimp have separated from their shells..

9. Slice french bread. Butter and broil until lightly browned. Serve immediately with boil..

10. At this point you can remove pot from direct heat and let food absorb more of the flavors from the water, or serve immediately..

11. Serve with hot sauce, lemons, and butter..

When the water boils, add the potatoes and sausage.

This recipe for a Low Country boil is a simple one.

This recipe is also called Beaufort stew or Frogmore stew and is so named for places in the Low Country of South Carolina.

Passed down from generation to generation, the low country shrimp boil is best enjoyed outdoors with friends.

Cleanup is minimal if you skip plates and serve on paper-covered tables.