Any true Southerner will consider this comfort food. includes smoked sausage, potatoes, fresh corn, and shrimp.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 3 quarts water
- 1 lemon, halved
- 1 medium onion, halved
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed
- coarse salt to taste
- 1 (3 ounce) package dry crab boil
- 1 ½ pounds medium red potatoes, scrubbed
- 1 pound smoked sausage, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 4 ears fresh corn, shucked and broken in half
- 1 ½ pounds unpeeled, large fresh shrimp
- ½ cup butter, melted
Instructions
- Bring the water to a boil in a very large pot. Squeeze the lemon juice into the water, then throw in the halves. Add the onion, garlic, salt and crab boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover, and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Add the potatoes and sausage; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the corn and cook for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the shrimp. Let sit covered for 5 minutes or until shrimp are pink. Drain, and serve with melted butter for dipping. Broth may be reserved and reused for cooking rice or other soups.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 1037 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 52 g |
| Cholesterol | 397 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Protein | 67 g |
| Saturated Fat | 28 g |
| Sodium | 2644 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 63 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Good
I make this all the time. Only thing I change is that I use the Zatarains extra spicy crab boil and double the garlic. I also use turkey kielbasa to cut down on fat. We also throw in crab legs with the shrimp! Amazing!!
Added 18 middlemen clams and a turkey kielbasa to recipe. Substituted old bay, 2 bay leafs, black pepper, and pickling spices for crab boil as I can’t that in my local stores. Substituted little potatoes for medium potatoes. Used 5 cloves garlic. Boiled the onion lemon and spices first, then added little potatoes and clams for 5 minutes at high boil; then corn for 5 minutes more; check clams and if opened, then turned off heat and add shrimp (peeled with tails on) and turkey kielbasa cut into 1 inch pieces for 5 minutes more until shrimp pink
I made this for my son’s high school graduation party. I had 40 people… So easy and tasted so good. I’ll be making this again and again and again!!
Perfect and simple. Followed recipe as submitted.
Delicious!!
If you can find fresh in the shell clams, use them! The clams need to go in with the corn at a simmer and we used jumbo shrimp so it sat 7 minutes vs. 5. We use only Old Bay on the Outer Banks or J.O spice. We precut everything except the potatoes and we use 2.5 quarts of seawater. DO NOT ADD SALT to this and the seawater should come to a boil first then add and simmer from there. Andouille is the best sausage out of the casing. The best you will ever taste! You can substitute mussels for clams too! If you have no seawater use 1.5 tablespoons of Kosher Salt to the water.
I use this for big parties. Feed a lot of people cheap and with little effort. It’s got fantastic flavor. People always ask for the recipe.
I`ve made this pot of goodness many times now….., my whole family just loves it, and it`s fun to eat! I add Old Bay for extra flavor though. I`ll be making this again tonight using lobster tails that`s on sale to add to the pot 🙂
Dee-lish! Enough said!
the kids and the neighbors love this dish. I’ve also added cajun seasoning, whole mushrooms, and pearl onions. I’ve also sliced some green, red, and orange peppers for color and flavor. I’m always looking for more ways to give it a little something extra.
Awesome recipe, I make this for dinner at least once every other week!
This was easy to prep for. I did not have any Old Bay, so I looked up the spices used….Not bad…
We made this for forty people and it was a huge hit. Just be aware that some people have shell fish allergies and may need alternate meal. I did use Old Bay Seasoning and fresh from the field sweet corn. I worried about the lemons but they were fine. We may do this annually. It was superb!
this is our favorite summer fire pit meal. we cook it on our fire pit in the backyard. we add in some crab legs and andoulle sausage. it’s a big hit with our neighbors and friends.we put 3 onions quartered and 5 garlic cloves and course ground pepper. it’s fun to sit outside and cook it with some cold brews. that’s how we do it in milwaukee, wi.
I didn’t have shrimp on hand. So,I added chunks of chicken breast. Still turned out perfect!
I used vegi sausage and added aparagus. Normally my boyfriend will tell me the meal was good after he eats it, this time he told me “you will be making this again, lots.”
5 stars for how easy this is to prepare. 3 for the lemon that I didn’t like and the seasoning. Maybe I’m not being fair because it could be the brand of seasoning I used, but this was so hot my husband wouldn’t eat anymore of it until I rinsed it and boiled it a little more in fresh water. I had fresh shrimp from the Gulf and should have made Jambalya like I had planned.
I love this recipe. I make this all the time, the only thing I do is add crab legs to it. I call it a crab boil. I am always making this for girls nite. I like to serve this with a garlic dipping butter and hot sauce.
The whole family loved it! There was NOTHING left. I didn’t change a thing but will have to put in some extra corn next time for the kids.
This is a great fun recipe. No need to change a thing!