If I was on death row, my last meal would be a big tray of seafood boil. That is how much I love this dish. I’m not the biggest seafood girly, but if it’s covered in this garlicky, spicy, buttery sauce, then heck yes give it all to me! I It’s so simple to make at home and most of the work is chopping up the billion of garlic cloves which is actually not that bad if you invite friends over for a seafood boil party and give them the executive role of garlic peeling. I was already a big time Costco fan, but after discovering how affordable and good quality their seafood is like shrimp, mussels, clams, and crabs are, I will only be buying my seafood boil essentials from them now. I think the reason why I’m obsessed with this dish is because I get to shamelessly use my hands (all ten fingers) to eat which is so fun.
Seafood Boil
2
servings20
minutes30
minutesIngredients
1 cup 1 garlic
2 sticks 2 or 16 tbsp unsalted butter
2 2 bay leaves
3 tbsp 3 lemon pepper seasoning
3 tbsp 3 paprika
3 tbsp 3 cajun seasoning
3 tbsp 3 cayenne pepper
1.5 tbsp 1.5 brown sugar
1.5 tbsp 1.5 Frank’s Red Hot hot sauce
2 2 lemons
1 lb 1 shrimp
1 lb 1 clams or mussels
2 2 clusters of crab legs
4 4 small pieces of corn on the cob
Directions
- Mince all garlic and set aside
- In a sauce pan on medium heat, melt butter, add bay leaves, seasonings, and garlic. Cook garlic for 30 – 45 secs and add hot sauce and juice the lemons
- In pot of boiling water, cook shrimp for 2 minutes until fully pink/orange but be careful to not overcook, remove shrimp and cook clams in the same pot until the shells pop open, remove clams and quickly blanch the crab legs to just warm them up since they’re already cooked
- Add cooked seafood to a large aluminum party tray and scoop the sauce all over the seafood
- Enjoy!
