Seafood boil made just like in New Orleans, Louisiana, with shrimp, crawfish, Manila clams and a homemade Cajun seasoning and butter sauce. So easy and delicious!
Seafood Boil Recipe
Seafood boil, shrimp boil, crab boil, and crawfish boil are my favorite summer recipes. I love seafood, especially when they are coated with a spicy butter sauce with homemade seasonings.
It’s a great tradition to have friend and family together, sit around a big table and savor a delicious boiled seafood dinner.
This is the best and ultimate recipe just like New Orleans Louisiana, with a Cajun sauce that is fiery and addictive. This easy recipe took me only 30 minutes from start to finish.
How to Make a Seafood Boil?
- Prepare the seasoning and the sauce in the recipe.
- Boil and cook all the ingredients together in a huge stock pot.
- Combine the seasoning sauce and the cooked seafood together.
Voila, you have the best summer dinner that you can enjoy with friends and family!
Ingredients for Seafood Boil
My recipe calls for the following ingredients:
- Homemade DIY seasonings with Old Bay seasoning, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, ground black pepper, Louisiana hot sauce and sugar.
- Unsalted butter.
- Garlic.
- Seafood such as shrimp, crawfish and clams.
- Corn on the cob.
I skipped crab, potatoes, and smoked sausage but you should add them to the dish if you have the ingredients.
Tips for Seafood Boil
- Use a big pot to boil the seafood. If you don’t have a tall and deep pot, you may boil and cook the seafood in batches.
- You may serve the seafood boil in a bag, using 1 gallon plastic bag.
- If you have plastic bags, mix the seafood and the sauce in the bag.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. head-on and shell-on shrimp, rinsed
- 1 lb. crawfish, rinsed
- 1 lb. Manila clams, rinsed and scrubbed
- water (for boiling)
- 1 lemon (halved)
- 2 ears corn (cut off the cob into 2-inch pieces (5 cm))
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, melted
- 2 heads garlic (peeled and minced)
- 2 tablespoons Louisiana hot sauce
Seafood Boil Seasonings
- 4 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning
- 2 tablespoons smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
- 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
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Rinse the shrimp with water, use a pair of scissors to cut off the mustache and legs. Set aside. Soak the crawfish in water and rinse a few times until the water becomes clear. Rinse and scrub the Manila clams. Drain and set aside.
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Combine all the ingredients of the Seafood Boil Seasoning in a bowl. Stir to mix well. Set aside.
![Seafood boil seasoning.]()
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Fill a large stockpot halfway with water and bring to a boil. Add the lemon halves, follow by the shrimp, crawfish, Manila clams and corns. Cover the stockpot and cook the seafood and corns until they turn red or cooked through, about 2 minutes. Drain the seafood and corns, discard the water and lemon. Set aside.
![Boiling seafood in a seafood boil pot.]()
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While the seafood is cooking, in a big skillet over medium heat, add the butter and stir in the minced garlic. Saute the garlic for 1 minute (not brown). Add the Seafood Boil Seasoning and Louisiana hot sauce. Stir to mix the spicy butter sauce well. Turn off the heat.
![Seafood boil sauce.]()
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Transfer the seafood and corn into the spicy sauce, stir to combine well. If you have a small skillet, mix the butter sauce and the seafood in two batches. Serve immediately.
![Seafood boil in a skillet.]()
