Seafood Boil
This seafood boil is loaded with shrimp, crab, mussels, potatoes, corn, and sausage. All boiled together in one pot with some of the best flavors and spooned over with a delicious, buttery Old Bay sauce.
Ingredients
- 16 cupswater
- ½ cupsalted butter (1 stick)
- 3lemons, 1 cut into slices and 2 cut into wedges for serving
- 6 clovesgarlic, minced
- 3 tablespoonsold bay seasoning
- 1 ½ poundssmall baby potatoes
- 4 earscorn on the cob, husked and cut into 2-3 inch pieces
- 1 poundcrab legs
- 1 poundmussels
- 1 poundkielbasa sausage, cut into 1-2 inch pieces
- 1 poundlarge, shell-on shrimp
- ½ cupmelted salted butter (1 stick)
- 1lemon, juiced
- 1 teaspoonpaprika
- ¼ cupchopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoonsold bay seasoning
Directions
- 1
In a large pot, add 16 cups of water, butter, lemon slices, minced garlic and Old Bay seasoning. Bring to a boil over high heat.
- 2
Reduce heat to medium, add potatoes and corn. Cook for 8-10 minutes.
- 3
Add crab legs to the pot, cook for 5 minutes.
- 4
Add mussels and sausage to the pot, cook for 5 more minutes.
- 5
Add shrimp to the pot. Turn off heat and place a lid on. Let it sit for 10-15 minutes, the shrimp will cook during this time in the hot broth.
- 6
While seafood boil is sitting, make the buttery Old Bay sauce by combining melted butter, lemon juice, paprika, chopped parsley, and Old Bay seasoning. Whisk all ingredients until well combined.
- 7
Drain the seafood mixture from the pot and serve it on a butcher paper covered table or on a large baking sheet. Spoon the buttery Old Bay sauce over seafood boil and serve with additional lemon wedges.