Spicy Crab Boil Food

CRAB WITH SPICY GARLIC BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Wash the cleaned crab a couple of times in cold water and keep it aside.
• Bring a pot of water to boil. (Use a pot large enough to hold all the crabs or else cook in two batches)
• Once the water boils, add the washed crab, 1 lime, 2 bay leaves, and cook till it turns pink.
• Drain and keep aside.
• Melt butter in a heavy-bottomed pot large enough to hold all the crabs.
• Turn the heat to medium-low until the butter melts and take care so that the butter doesn't burn.
• Add the bay leaves and the garlic and cook till you can smell the aroma of garlic.
• Now add the spices (paprika, cayenne, coriander, cinnamon) and stir for a minute to get rid of the raw flavor of spices. Add the vinegar, pepper, and salt. Taste and adjust the flavor if needed. (Be careful when doing so as the butter will be very hot.)
• Place the drained crab in a big bowl and add the sauce. Toss it to coat well.utter.
• Optional: Add the crabs to the pot with butter sauce. Cover and cook for another 10 minutes, stirring it every five minutes and coating all the crabs with sauce.
• Transfer the crabs onto a serving plate. Serve with fresh cut limes and sauce in a bowl.

SHELL LICKIN' SPICY GARLIC CRABS

Steps:

• 1. Defrost crab legs
• 2. Chop parsley and with a microplane grate garlic
• 3. With a microplane, zest the lemon
• 4. In a large heated slillet add olive oil, butter, garlic, red pepper flakes, lemon juice and zest. Saute for 2 minutes
• 5. Add crabs, parsley and swamp fire seasoning to crabs, cook and baste for 4-5 mintes.
• 6. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place crabs in oven and bake 12-15 minutes. Baste a couple times
• 7. Remove from oven put crabs on a platter, garnish and serve

SPICY CRAB AND SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy saucepan over meduium-high heat.
• add onion and celery ,.
• saute' until tender ,about 6 minutes.
• Add clam juice , tomatoes with their jucies and sherry.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add next 8 ingredients.
• Simmer until barley is tender ,stirring often about 25 minutes.
• Add seafood to soup, simmer until shrimp are cooked through, about 3 minutes.
• season with salt and pepper.
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CRAB BOIL SPICES

Steps:

• Add all of the ingredients to the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Pulsing, process until the mixture forms a coarse powder.
• For cooking shrimp, add 1/4 cup of the spices, along with 2 teaspoons salt, to a large saucepan of boiling water or half water and half beer.
• For lobster or crab, use 1 part distilled white wine to 3 parts water.
• Add the seafood and cook for 2 minutes, or until just cooked through.
• Remove the seafood and serve or chill.

SPICY CRAB BOIL

Steps:

• In a very large pot combine beer and lemon with 3 cups water. In a coffee grinder or spice mill, grind spices to a coarse powder; add to pot. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, reduce heat to medium and simmer vigorously, 10 minutes. Add crabs and cover pot tightly. Bring to a boil and simmer 8 minutes. Serve on lots of newspapers with a small hammer, picks and lemon.;

SPICY BOILED CRABS, SHRIMP, POTATOES, CORN, AND GARLIC

Steps:

• In a 7- to 8-gallon kettle bring 5 gallons water to a boil.
• While water is coming to a boil, in a deep sink rinse crabs in 2 or 3 changes of water. (Do not fill sink too full or crabs may crawl out.)
• Add Zatarain's crab boil or 5 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning, cayenne, salt, lemons, and onions to boiling water and boil 5 minutes. Add potatoes and garlic and boil until tender, about 15 minutes. Transfer potatoes and garlic with a large sieve to a large platter and keep warm, covered with foil. Add corn to boiling water and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer corn with tongs to platter and keep warm, covered with foil.
• Return water to a boil. Transfer about 6 crabs carefully with long tongs to sieve, holding them down in sieve with tongs, and turn crabs out into boiling water. Add remaining crabs in same manner. Return water to a boil and cook crabs until just cooked through, about 10 minutes. (To determine doneness, remove a claw and crack it with the handle of a dinner knife. Use Knife to extract meat from claw.) Transfer crabs with sieve to another large platter and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning.
• Return water to boil and cook shrimp until just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Transfer shrimp with sieve to large platter with crabs and sprinkle with remaining tablespoon Old Bay seasoning.
• Serve crabs, shrimp, and vegetables with horseradish cocktail sauce and French bread.

CAJUN CRAB BOIL RECIPE

Steps:

• Fill a large pot or large sauté pan with a tall lid halfway with water. Bring the water to a boil.
• Add in the Zatarain's seasoning, along with Cajun seasoning, depending on desired spice level. Steep the spices for 5 minutes.
• Cut the ears of corn into thirds, and cut the potatoes in half.
• Add the potatoes and corn into the water, then add in the crab and crawfish. Put the lid on, and allow it to boil for 10 minutes.
• Turn the heat off, and allow the boil to sit for 30 minutes.
• Once cooked, remove all of the ingredients from the pan, except for 2 cups of the remaining water. Spread the boil out onto newspaper or parchment paper.
• Add the 3 tablespoons of butter to the remaining water, turn on high heat, and allow it to reduce to a creamy sauce. Pour the sauce over the crab boil before serving.

SPICY CRAB BOIL FOR BLUE CRABS

Steps:

• To make the spice mix, grind the mustard, celery, cumin, dill seeds, and bay leaves in an electric spice grinder or a clean coffee grinder. Place the freshly ground spices in a large bowl and mix in the paprika, chile powder, red chile flakes, and thyme. Add the fresh herb sprigs to the bowl.
• Put some water and a steamer insert in the bottom of a very large pot. Add the crabs, sprinkling the spice mix and the herb sprigs between the crabs as you layer them in the pot. Put the lid on, bring the water to a boil, and steam until the crabs are cooked, about 20 minutes. The crabs should be a bright red. Remove the crabs from the pot, serve hot, and pass around crab crackers or hammers.