Old Bay Shrimp Boil
Classic shrimp boil that includes a mixture of shrimp, smoked sausage, corn on the cob, potatoes all boiled in a lemon broth and tossed with seasoned butter.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds large jumbo shrimp (peeled and deveined, leave tails on)
- 1 pound smoked sausage (kielbasa or andouille, cut into 1 inch pieces)
- 4 ears corn (each cut into 4 pieces)
- 1 pound small red potatoes (cut in half)
- 1 medium onion (cleaned and cut into large pieces)
- 4 lemons (2 for cooking, 2 for serving)
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 4 cloves garlic (cleaned and smashed)
- ⅓ cup seafood seasoning like Old Bay
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 Tablespoons fresh parsley plus more for garnish (chopped)
Directions
- 1
Fill large pot with water. Quarter two lemons and add to the water. Then add onion, garlic and seafood seasoning to water. Bring water to boil.
- 2
Clean and cut potatoes in half. Add the potatoes to the boiling water, cook for 10-12 minutes or until just barely fork tender
- 3
Clean and cut corn, add to boiling water along with the sliced smoked sausage. Cook for 5-6 minutes.
- 4
Add shrimp to boiling water and cook an additional 2-3 minutes or until pink.
- 5
Drain water and place the shrimp mixture on a large baking sheet.
- 6
In a microwave safe bowl melt the butter. Add salt, pepper and 2 tablespoons chopped parsley to butter and whisk to combine.
- 7
Pour ½ of butter mixture over shrimp mixture and stir to coat. Reserve remaining butter mixture for serving.
- 8
Garnish with additional chopped parsley and lemons
- 9
Sprinkle additional seafood seasoning to taste, if desired
- 10
Serve immediately with reserved butter mixture.