Shrimp Boil - A How to for Southern (and Wannabe) Brides

Shrimp Boil

I totally snaked this post from Blogger Skip to My Lou! If I were having a down-home, casual style wedding, this would be the absolute BEST way to do it! Alternatively, you could have a fun, out door rehearsal dinner!

The following recipe uses 1 large 34 quart turkey fryer with a strainer basket that goes almost to the top of the pot. One pot serves about 10-12 people.

First cover your entire table with freezer paper, shiny side up. Let the cooking begin!

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Fill turkey fryer about 2/3 full of water. Bring to a boil and add 2 pkgs of Zatarain’s spice mix, 1/4 - 1/2 bottle Zatarain’s Shrimp and Crab oil, 1 cup of salt and garlic. Boil for 15 minutes

Add potatoes, boil for 7-8 minutes

Fresh corn goes in next for 5 minutes

Add kielbasa, cook for 8 minutes

Add onions, and squeeze lemon juice into pot and then toss the lemons into the water, boil 3- 4 minutes (oops picture is wrong - add the garlic at the beginning!)

Add shrimp and cook 5 minutes or just until shrimp turns pink. *Thirty-Something Bride's personal note: I believe it a tragedy to use anything other than fresh shrimp. If you can get fresh crawdads (crayfish/crawfish/crawldads) , I'd use those too, in a nano-second. Some New Orleanians won't eat it without the crawdads or with frozen shrimp.*

Turn off the heat, immediately pull basket from the water and let drain.

Pour contents of basket onto your freezer paper covered table

Serve with sliced baguettes sprinkled down the table and bottles of squeeze butter, cocktail sauce and spicy mustard. Remember NO knives, forks, spoons or plates allowed! This is all finger food and condiments are squeezed directly onto the table! When finished just roll up the paper and give everyone a finger wipe!

Put on some Zydeco music, have plenty of cold beer near-by and have a great time! Thanks again to Skip to My Lou for the awesome post!