King Crab and Shrimp Boil recipe

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Ingredients

6 quarts water, and more as needed
¼ cup seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®), or to taste
1 pound small red potatoes
2 pounds king crab legs
2 cups chopped carrots
1 ½ cups chopped celery
12 pearl onions
1 pound spicy sausage links, cut into rounds
4 ears corn, husked
2 pounds unpeeled shrimp

Nutrition Info

982.7 calories
carbohydrate: 47.6 g
cholesterol: 578.3 mg
fat: 47.3 g
fiber: 6.8 g
protein: 90.6 g
saturatedFat: 13.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 3649.5 mg
sugar: 8.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Bring 6 quarts water to a boil in a large stewing pot, add seafood seasoning. Cook potatoes in the seasoned water for 15 minutes.

  2. Bring a separate pot of water to a boil, add seafood seasoning to taste. Cook crab legs until meat is tender, about 10 minutes.

  3. Mix carrots, celery, and onions into potatoes, cook until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Add sausage and corn and continue boiling for 5 minutes more. Add shrimp and transfer crab legs to same pot, cook until shrimp are cooked through and pink, 2 to 3 minutes.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

My own adaptation of frogmore stew. An easy southern comfort dish...just throw it all in the pot! Serve in large bowls as a stew. Peel shrimp and crab as you eat.

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