Copycat Boiling Crab Recipe

Gillian Spence's Note:

This recipe attempts to recreate the Cajun crawfish recipe served at Vietnamese restaurants in Little Saigon like The Boiling Crab, Claws, or The Crawfish House. It's what's known as Asian fusion, and the recipes are kept top secret. Buy 1-2 pounds of crawfish per person.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 cups margarine
• 1 bag louisiana crawfish, Crab, and Shrimp boil
• cayenne pepper
• mccormick bayou cajun seasoning
• lemon pepper
• paprika
• Old Bay Seasoning
• louisiana hot sauce
• 8 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 lemon, quartered
• 8 lbs crawfish, live
• 1 lb red potatoes, halved
• 8 ears white corn
• 1 lb smoked sausage, cut into 1-inch segments

Directions:

1. Pour live crawfish into a washtub or ice chest; cover with water. Drain. Repeat 3 to 4 times until crawfish are clean. Drain. Discard any dead crawfish and debris.
2. Cook crawfish by boiling in hot water with the Louisiana Crawfish Boil, quartered lemon, potatoes, corn and sausage (add potatoes, corn, and sausage 15 minutes prior to crawfish). While they are cooking make the sauce:.
3. Melt the margarine over low heat in a large saucepan. Add garlic and saute until translucent.
4. NOTE: This will get salty fast with the Cajun seasoning and Old Bay, so add them in tiny, tiny amounts. Add Cajun Seasoning, Old Bay, cayenne pepper (start with 3 t. then add more for spiciness), lemon pepper, paprika, and liberally add Louisiana Hot Sauce. When you have the mixture right, add a tiny bit of lemon juice (roughly 1/4 lemon).
5. Simmer for 10 minutes and check for flavor. Add more cayenne, paprika, or hot sauce as desired.

Reviews

[food4me&u]

I made this for my boyfriend and he more than approved! We eat at boiling crab frequently so are great judges. I used crab legs, shrimp, corn, and mini red potatoes and it was amazing!

[eager cook]

This recipe is spot on imo. It's so good. I followed the recipe exactly and everything came out delicious. I've used shrimp and it works out just as well. Recommended, you have to try this recipe out!

[amyheu]

Succulent & juicy! I did not have all the ingredients asked for and it's just as good as is.

All I had was the crawfish, smoked sausage, margarine, bag boil, cayenne & paprika, cajun seasoning, lemon pepper, louisiana hot sauce, garlic cloves & lemons.

First time making crawfish and MMmm, my boyfriend and his friend loved it. So did I. It's so gooood.