Low Country Boil

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For for the final installment of this past Sunday dinner menu, I give you the main event. I grew up eating a variety of seafood boils. Shrimp in the Carolinas and crawfish in Louisiana. There isn’t one that is alike in every way, but they are all mighty tasty. I can’t get my hands on live crawfish in this neck of the woods, but I can find some decent shrimp (wish they had heads on), other shellfish, and of course, that Midwest corn.

I reckon many of you will be getting together with family, friends and neighbors this weekend and next week to celebrate the Fourth of July. Hamburgers, hotdogs, and other grilled items are great standards, but why not change it up? Throw a big ole pot on the stove or on a burner in the backyard and have a go at this grab, peel and eat meal.  

Although it is a boil, I prefer to boil just the potatoes and sausage while simply steaming the other components. This intensifies the flavor of the broth, a.k.a. pot likker, which becomes a pool of flavor goodness to drag those hushpuppies through☺. You can change the amount of any of the foods or even change some of the ingredients to suit your taste. Add a lobster, a crab or two, or throw in some more veggies— just remember to add them according to cooking times. Overdone seafood and raw potatoes are not good eatin’. Serve with your favorite cocktail sauce and/or garlic butter and dig in!

Oh, and what’s up with the Sunday dinner tablecloth?? I like to maintain the tradition of serving it on newspaper, but not directly on it. As I said before, I like to serve the pot likker as well. The newspaper still makes for easy clean-up after this grab, dip, peel and eat meal.

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Low Country Boil

By Nicole

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Cook: 35 minutes mins

Total: 40 minutes mins

Servings: 10

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This Low Country Boil is full of sausage, seafood, corn, spices, and potatoes that all lend amazing flavors to one big pot that everyone can find something to enjoy!

Equipment

• Extra large stock pot

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1 (12 ounce) bottle of beer
• ▢ 1 large sweet onion, thinly sliced
• ▢ 2 quarts water
• ▢ 2 bay leaves
• ▢ 1 lemon halved
• ▢ 2 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
• ▢ 2 pounds small red new potatoes
• ▢ 14-16 ounces kielbasa sausage
• ▢ 14-16 ounces andouille sausage
• ▢ 8 ears of corn, halved or cut into rounds
• ▢ 2 pounds large shrimp, shell on
• ▢ 2 dozen clams

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Instructions 

• In a very large dutch oven or stock pot, bring the beer, onion, water, bay leaves, lemon, Old Bay seasoning, and salt to a boil. Reduce the heat to a medium simmer and add the potatoes. Cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add the sausage and corn and cook for another 10 minutes, or until the potatoes can easily be pierced with a knife, the corn is cooked, and the sausage is warmed through. Add the shrimp and the clams, cover and cook until the shrimp are pink and the clams have opened, another 3-4 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the onions, potatoes, sausage, corn, shrimp, and clams to a large platter. Ladle the broth over the meat and vegetables. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 479kcal, Carbohydrates: 35g, Protein: 30g, Fat: 24g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 10g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 176mg, Sodium: 1342mg, Potassium: 1009mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 8g, Vitamin A: 346IU, Vitamin C: 21mg, Calcium: 93mg, Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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