| Are you an avid crawfish fan or a one-man party | | | | Step 2: |
| planner? Here's how to make your next event into a | | | | Now, while your crawfish are soaking, you want to fill |
| full blown crawfish boil. | | | | your boiling pot up two-thirds with water. Pour in the |
| What you need: | | | | bag of seasoning, or wait to season the water after |
| - Boiling pot with burner and propane | | | | you cook your potatoes and corn if you don't like |
| - 35lb sack live crawfish(or about 2-3 lbs per person) | | | | extra spicy potatoes and corn. Place the pot on the |
| - Large Cooler to Clean(Purge) Crawfish | | | | burner, turn the gas on a little, light the burner, then put |
| - Large Bag of Crawfish or Crab Boil (Louisiana, | | | | the gas on high. Once the water boils put in the |
| Zatarain's) | | | | potatoes. Check the potatoes. They should cook |
| - Smoked Sausage cut up into large pieces (optional) | | | | completely in about 30 minutes. When they are |
| - Whole mushrooms (optional) | | | | halfway done put in the corn along with the potatoes. |
| - Red Potatoes - small | | | | This is also a good time to add the optional ingredients |
| - Corn on the Cob - cut into sections | | | | like sausage, lemons, garlic, mushrooms. |
| - Also optional - Lemon, Garlic Heads cut in half, | | | | When corn and potatoes are done remove them and |
| Newspaper to serve cooked crawfish on | | | | other ingredients from the pot. |
| Step 1: | | | | You can now fill your boiling basket with crawfish and |
| First, you'll need to clean or 'purge' the crawfish. Some | | | | add the crawfish boil seasoning to the water if you |
| prefer to use salt to purge their crawfish. It's not | | | | haven't already. Once the water returns to a boil put |
| necessary but whatever your preference is. Dump the | | | | the basket of crawfish into the pot. Cook the crawfish |
| crawfish into a Large cooler. Wash off the crawfish | | | | until the water returns to a boil then remove them. |
| with water hose and rinse out the water until the | | | | Step 3: |
| water is no longer dirty. Be sure to remove ALL dead | | | | This is the best step. Spread out the newspaper and |
| crawfish then let the crawfish sit in the clean water for | | | | dump the crawfish out on it along with the corn and |
| at least an hour. You can now add saltto the water if | | | | potatoes and other fixins' and you got yourself a |
| you prefer. | | | | genuine, bonafide crawfish boil! Enjoy! |