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Boiling, Peeling & Eating Crawfish

Boo shows you how it's done. One of the most simple, delicious things we've tasted to date. And a big, fun mess to eat. Chase 'em down with a nice cold beer, or two, or three.

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Boiling, Peeling & Eating Crawfish

Boo shows you how it's done. One of the most simple, delicious things we've tasted to date. And a big, fun mess to eat. Chase 'em down with a nice cold beer, or two, or three.

About Boo Macomber

Boo is a salt-of-the-earth Cajun cook with crowd-friendly recipes to share and great stories to tell. She lives in serious Cajun country where she catches and cooks her own crawfish. She also makes the 2-hour commute into New Orleans to teach at the New Orleans Cooking Experience, an amazing place to learn about New Orleans food and its warm, wonderful people and culture.

Recipe

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Ingredients

  • Large pot - 1/2 full of water
  • 2-3 lemons
  • 1/2 pkg Louisiana Crab and Crawfish Boil (pkg is 16 oz. - instructions are also on pkg)
  • 5 lbs of live Crawfish

How-to

  1. Boil water
  2. Add lemons and crawfish boil to water
  3. Boil for 5 minutes
  4. Add Crawfish
  5. When water boils again, cook Crawfish for 8-10 minutes
  6. Turn off fire
  7. Let sit for 5-8 minutes
  8. Strain
  9. Eat and enjoy!

 

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  1. donna:

    I love this video. It takes me back to 20 years ago when I lived in Texas and ate crawfish every time I went out for a beer, which was more often than I care to admit. Watching Boo makes me want to cook some for myself. She's fabulous! (Jul 2, 2008 11:56:59 AM)