Boiled Crawfish Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Popular Recipes. (Boiled Crawfish Recipe). I learned this Southern style of cooking from my mother-in-law. Live crawfish are the best, but you can also use thawed, frozen whole crawfish. Just pinch the tails and suck the heads to eat. You can also cook crab, lobster, or shrimp this way.

Brief

Prep 30 mins

Cook: 50 mins

Total: 1hr20 mins

Servings: 5

Yield: 5 servings

Boiled Crawfish Recipe

Ingredients

2 large onions

quartered

10 large cloves garlic

halved

2 lemons

quartered

2 oranges

quartered

5 large stalkscelery

cut into chunks

¼ cup black pepper

¼ cup seasoned salt

6 jalapeno peppers

halved and seeded

10 pounds live crawfish

rinsed

Seafood

Directions

Step 1

Place onions garlic lemons oranges celery and jalapeno peppers into a 4 or 5 gallon pot. Season with pepper and seasoned salt; fill with enough water to fill the pot 3/4 full. Bring to a hard boil over intense heat and allow to boil for 20 minutes.

Step 2

Add the crawfish cover and boil for 20 minutes until the shells turn red. Drain and eat.

Nutritional Information

Boiled Crawfish Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:5

Calories: 735.7

% Daily Value *

Protein: 128.1g 256%

Carbohydrates: 30.2g 10%

Dietary Fiber: 7.9g 32%

Sugars: 10.5g

Fat: 10.1g 16%

Saturated Fat: 1.7g 9%

Cholesterol: 971.3mg 324%

Vitamin A Iu: 1539.8IU 31%

Niacin Equivalents: 42.2mg 324%

Vitamin B6: 1.4mg 90%

Vitamin C: 92.6mg 154%

Folate: 145mcg 36%

Calcium: 542.7mg 54%

Iron: 10.6mg 59%

Magnesium: 279.2mg 100%

Potassium: 2317.2mg 65%

Sodium: 2949mg 118%

Thiamin: 0.5mg 52%

Calories From Fat: 91.1

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.