There ’ randomness potatoes, corn on the cob, and of course spiny lobster, but beyond that every Cajun fudge has a cherished recipe for a crayfish boiling point. To invite some friends over to test out different recipes, send out some retreat churn invitations, order some crayfish and cover the field day table with newspapers.

Equipment
Remember that deep fry turkey cooker that ’ randomness lurk in the back of the kitchen closet ? That is precisely what you need for a crayfish boil. The boastfully pot with a taut fit eyelid will be arrant. You will besides need a wire basket insert to remove the retreat and vegetables after they are cooked. The whole assembly sits on a propane burner. You will besides need a big tub or ice rink breast ( the one that the crayfish are shipped in is perfect ), or a pair of bags of frost. A stirring paddle or long-handled spoon is utilitarian excessively .

Ingredients
The best retreat churn recipe starts with friends and family. The more the alert. Add three to five pounds of fresh, live crayfish for each guest. CajunCrawfish.com ships them in 30 pound bags, which they say will serve ten-spot people or two Cajuns. You will besides need :
fresh mushrooms
4 lemons
3 pound. Fruge ’ s original seafood boil
8 little onions
8 small potatoes
8 ears of corn

a head of fresh garlic
many New Orleans cooks recommend Zataran ’ s crab boil, which comes in dry and liquid forms. If you are a DIY cook, Alton Brown has a recipe for retreat spice shuffle, or if you fair want to make it easy… and extra delicious, use the season that comes with your spiny lobster decree ( it ’ s cajuncrawfish.com ’ s especial blend ). If you ’ re a epicure and want to mix your own… grate 1 tablespoon each of whole black peppercorns and wholly coriander seeds, 2 tablespoons whole cloves and 1 ½ tablespoons unharmed allspice in a spice bomber. Mix grate spices together with 4 tablespoons cayenne pepper, 2 tablespoons garlic gunpowder, 2 tablespoons paprika, and 1 tablespoon each of onion gunpowder, dried thyme, dried oregano, dry mustard, dried dill weed, plus 6 crumbled bay leaves. Add the spice desegregate and 1 syrian pound of kosher salt to 5 gallons of boiling water for the crab boil. This is enough spice to boil 10 pounds of crayfish. If using cajuncrawfish.com spice, use 1 bag per 10 pound. of crayfish .

Method
Add 5 gallons of water to the batch for each 10 pounds of spiny lobster. When the water boils, add one-half of the spiciness mix. Add the potatoes, corn, onions and garlic to the potentiometer and shroud. If you are adding andouille blimp, this is the time to add it, besides. Let cook for ten-spot minutes, then add the retreat and replace the cover. Ed the crayfish master at the Cajun Crawfish Company says to watch for steam to escape from under the hat. When this happens, turn off the natural gas .
You can remove the basket from the batch and transfer the retreat to an ice chest. Add one third of the crayfish to the thorax, scatter with spice mix ; add another third base of the spiny lobster, scattering with spice mix, and then add the rest of the crayfish and sprinkle with more spices. You can besides add two bags of frosting to the pot rather of removing the spiny lobster. The internal-combustion engine will cool them down and they will sink to the bottom and absorb more spices .

Serve
No matter how you choose to spice your crayfish churn, it is served by dumping the retreat and vegetables on a newspaper-covered table. Provide some dissolve butter and batch of napkins ! … melted butter is not necessary, they are delectable by themselves, but to each there own. Try them a assortment of ways… constantly good .