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Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Southern Country Boil

 ·  ☕ 6 min read  ·  ✍️ Belle McGuire

Southern Country Boil

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, southern country boil. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Famous in the Low Country of Georgia and South Carolina. This boil is done best on an outdoor cooker. It has sausage, shrimp, crab, potatoes and corn for an all-in-one pot all-you-can-eat buffet! Add Old Bay seasoning, butter and lemons, halved, and bring to a boil.

Southern Country Boil is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Southern Country Boil is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook southern country boil using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Southern Country Boil:
  1. Get Main Ingredients
  2. Get 6 each corn on cob - halved
  3. Prepare 8 medium red potatoes - quarted or halved
  4. Take 4 quart water or enough to cover
  5. Make ready 1 packages par or fully cooked crab legs (look in your freezer section) If you can find fresh use instead.
  6. Take 1 lb raw jumbo shrimp- deviened (peel/tail-on optional)
  7. Take 6 each smoked sausage links like polish kilbasa
  8. Get seasoning
  9. Get 1 packages Old Bay crab/seafood boil
  10. Prepare 2 tbsp salt
  11. Prepare Serving and garnish options
  12. Take 3 each lemons - wedged or sliced
  13. Prepare 1 bunch parsley or scallions
  14. Prepare 1 cup melted butter

How cool is that a recipe born out of necessity has become so celebrated? Heat a large pot of water over medium-high heat indoors or outside. Add the seafood seasoning to taste and bring to a boil. Add the potatoes and sausage and cook until the potatoes are fork-tender,.

Instructions to make Southern Country Boil:
  1. Start with 2 quarts of water in a very large stock pot. place on high heat to boil.
  2. Halve or quarter red potatoes to roughly same size and add to pot. Cook until tender but slightly under done
  3. Add sausage links, corn cobs, Old Bay season bag, and salt to pot. Add more water to cover if needed. Bring back to boil.
  4. Add crab legs and time cooking according to package (5-7min) . Add more water to cover if needed, making sure water is still very hot. 5 mins after adding crab, add shrimp. shrimp should cook only 2-3 mins. cover your pot and remove from heat. let steep for additional 5 minutes.
  5. Be careful not to overcook your seafood ingredients! This can happen quickly and you will end up with tough seafood. good rule of thumb for shrimp is the shape in which it curls up. C is for cooked, O is for overcooked.
  6. remove all ingredients from pot and place on a large platter. serve with melted butter and lemon wedges. garnish with chopped parsley or scallions if desired.

Add the seafood seasoning to taste and bring to a boil. Add the potatoes and sausage and cook until the potatoes are fork-tender,. Fill a large pot with enough water to cover all of the ingredients. Add the crab boil and bring to a boil. Adjust the crab boil to suit your taste.

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