Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Grocery List for a CRAB BOIL

Every year for the past 8 years my husband and I have prepared a crab boil for some friends. We bought an 80 quart bucket and burner. Galvanized buckets and all the tools for eating some good crab. This is a grocery list for 8 people!
3 pounds Shrimp
4 pounds Crab Clusters, 16 clusters
1 dozen Green Mussels
1 pound Sausage Links
8 ears Corn (we like frozen, but can buy fresh and shucked)
1 large Onion, cut in fours*
1 Crab Boil Bag Seasoning*
3 Bay Leaves*
1 Garlic Bulb, cut in fours*
.75 ounces Fresh Dill Weed*
Fresh Parsley*
5 Lemons, cut in halves*
1 cup Salt*
3 tablespoon Pepper*
optional, 3 Jalapeno's, whole*
4 Sticks Butter, melt in crock-pot with a couple garlic cloves and dill weed
16 ounces Cocktail Sauce
2 Table covers that has paper on top and plastic on bottom
Newspaper for on top of  table covers
1 tall garage bag, goes on table under covers
1 black large garage bag, goes under where you pour Crab Boil
Seasoning:
2 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
2 tsp Smoked Paprika
2 tsp Chili Powder
2 tsp Turmeric
2 tsp Garlic Powder
2 tsp Onion Powder
2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Pepper
Place all in a shaker container.
Season everything before cooking and season everything after cooking!!!!
Fill pot half full.
Get Water to boil, add the seasonings. All marked *
Add Potatoes and return to boil and allow to cook 10 minutes.
Add Sausage, and Corn, return to boil cook 10 minutes.
Add Crab Clusters, cook 5 minutes
Add Shrimp and Mussels, cook until shrimp turns pink.
DRAIN and we dump everything into a 10 gallon galvanized bucket. No mess inside!
Time to eat!! YUMMY good



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