Crawfish Boil with Andouille Sausage

By RoketJSquerl

Notes
*This crawfish recipe calls for fully cooked crawfish which are available at the fish counter in many states. If you’re lucky enough to get your hands on live crawfish, follow a reputable source like this one for information about how to clean and prep the crawfish. Proceed with the above recipe with this adjustment: Before adding the crawfish to the pot, bring the water to a boil over high heat. Add the crawfish. When water returns to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook covered for 10-15 minutes, until the crawfish have turned red and have started to float. Crack one or two open and make sure that the meat is white and that all yellow fat is no longer runny.

Ingredients

• 2 whole lemons, plus 2 more lemons cut into wedges for serving
• 12 garlic cloves, unpeeled
• 3 large onions, peeled and quartered
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes
• 2 tsp whole all spice berries
• 1 tsp whole cloves
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 tbsp salt
• 5 sprigs thyme
• 1 big handful of fresh parsley, divided
• 2 and 1/2 lbs whole small red potatoes, larger potatoes cut in half
• 14 ounces andouille sausage, cut into 12 pieces
• 6 cobs of corn, shucked and broken in half
• 2 lbs fully cooked crawfish*, rinsed
• hot sauce (for serving)

Details

Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 40mins
Adapted from cookthestory.com

Preparation

Step 1

Fill a large pot with 6 quarts of water. Cut the whole lemons in half. Squeeze the juice into the water and add the squeezed lemon halves as well. Add the garlic, oni on, red pepper flakes, allspice, bay leaves and salt. Tie the thyme and half of the parsley into a bouquet using kitchen twine. Add it to the water. Stir well. Cover and bring the water to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer 5 minutes.
Add the potatoes. Cover and cook until they’re just tender, 9-10 minutes. Add the sausage and corn. Cook covered for 5 minutes. Stir in the crawfish and cook covered until heated through, 2-3 minutes. Meanwhile, chop the remaining parsley leaves.

Use a slotted spoon to transfer the shrimp, sausage and vegetables to a large platter. Discard the herb bouquet.

To Serve: Cover a table with newspaper (top with food safe tissue paper if desired). Pile the crawfish, sausage and vegetables right on top, or leave everything on the platter. Sprinkle with the chopped parsley. Put out the lemon wedges and hot sauce. Squeeze the garlic cloves from the skin as a condiment as well. Make sure there are a lot of napkins on hand before you dig in!