First seafood boil ever. 10 people. No pressure

First seafood boil ever. 10 people. No pressure

Tony Chachere’s Seafood Boil
By Nacho Fuentes | @nachocookinServes: ~10 peopleCook Time: ~1 hour (plus soak)

Ingredients
Seafood & Proteins
* 6 lb large shrimp (shell-on, preferably head-on)
* 5 lb snow crab legs
* 3 lb andouille sausage, cut into 4–5″ pieces
Vegetables & Add-Ins
* 4–5 lb red potatoes
* 10–12 ears corn, halved
* 4 large yellow onions, halved
* 4–6 whole heads garlic, halved horizontally
* 6–8 lemons, halved

Seasoning
* 1½–2 cups Tony Chachere’s Crawfish, Shrimp & Crab Boil (
* ¾–1 cup Tony Chachere’s More Spice Seasoning
* 6 bay leaves

Finish
* 2 sticks butter
* 1–2 tsp Tony Chachere’s More Spice

Instructions
1. Build the boil
Fill a large outdoor boil pot about ¾ full with water.Add:
* Crawfish Boil
* More Spice
* Bay leaves
* Onions
* Garlic
* Lemons
Bring to a rolling boil and let it boil 20–30 minutes to fully season the water.

Tip: Taste the water. It should be salty, spicy, and lemony.

2. Potatoes first
Add potatoes and boil 15 minutes.

3. Sausage + corn
Add andouille sausage and corn.Boil 5 minutes.

4. Seafood
Add crab legs and boil 5 minutes.Add shrimp and boil 2–3 minutes, just until pink.
Turn off the heat.

5. Soak
Let everything soak in the seasoned water for 20–30 minutes.

6. Finish
Melt butter & drizzle over the boil after dumping. Sprinkle a little bit of Tony’s More Spice on top

To Serve
Dump onto a table lined with food-safe parchment or butcher paper.Serve hot with:
* Extra Tony’s
* Hot sauce
* Plenty of napkins

No forks required.