Cajun Boiled Shrimp Food

CAJUN SHRIMP BOIL

Steps:

• Fill a very large (24-quart) pot with 8 quarts of water set over high heat. Add seasoning pouches, cayenne, salt, onions and celery. Squeeze lemon juice, and add wedges. Break garlic into cloves, and discard excess skin, then add unpeeled cloves. Cover the pot, and bring to a rolling boil.
• Lay corn on a baking sheet in a single layer, then place in freezer.
• Taste the water after it comes to a boil. It should be very heavily salted and spiced, with a bright orange foam (when standing near the boiling pot causes you to cough, it's spicy enough).
• Add potatoes and sausage to the pot, and let the water return to a boil. Turn off heat, and allow to soak for 10 minutes or until potatoes are barely tender when pierced with a knife. Bring the water to a boil, and add shrimp. Cook for 3 minutes, then turn off heat, add corn and allow to soak for 7 minutes. Drain, and serve immediately with rémoulade (preferably on a newspaper-lined table).

CAJUN BOILED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Mix spices well; store in dry place in a tightly covered container; will keep for one month.
• Add salt and shrimp boil spice to the water and bring to a rolling boil.
• Add the shrimp, stirring, and boil for 3 minutes or until shrimp is pink and opaque.
• Mushy shrimp is undercooked; tough shrimp has been overcooked.
• Drain immediately, and run under very cold tap water or chill with ice immediately to stop cooking process.
• Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Shrimp boiled like this can be served in the shell, as an appetizer or main dish, or it can be shelled and used in salads and other dishes.

DIRTY DOWN-HOME CAJUN SHRIMP BOIL

Steps:

• To make dipping sauce: mix all ingredients together in a bowl; chill until ready to use.
• To boil the shrimp: Bring water and beer to a boil in a very large, heavy pot.
• While the mixture is heating, add in the next 19 ingredients.
• Boil rapidly for 15 minutes.
• Add in the potatoes; boil for 5 minutes.
• Add in the corn; boil for 10 minutes.
• Add in the shrimp and immediately turn off the heat.
• Let pot stand, covered, for about 3-5 minutes or until the shrimp are just cooked.
• Pour the contents of the pot into a huge colander (or two colanders).
• Let the liquid drain away; remove lemons and reserve.
• Pour the contents of the colander out onto serving platters.
• Squeeze reserved lemons over all (if desired).
• Serve hot with dipping sauce.

CAJUN SHRIMP BOIL

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil and add the crab boil, onions, lemons, and hot sauce. Stir and add the shrimp.
• Boil until the shrimp turn pink.
• Peel if need be.
• Serve with Recipe #458602.