Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, shrimp boil. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Shrimp Boil is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Shrimp Boil is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have shrimp boil using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Shrimp Boil:
- Make ready 2 lemons, quartered
- Get 2 bay leaves
- Get 3 tablespoons kosher salt
- Take 2 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
- Take 1/2 cup Old Bay Seasoning
- Get 4 pounds small new potatoes
- Prepare 2 pounds sweet Italian sausage (about 6 links)
- Take 2 sweet or yellow onions, peeled, quartered
- Take 8 ears corn, shucked, cut in half
- Prepare 4 pounds fresh large shrimp (31–35 count)
- Take Lemon sauce:
- Prepare 1 lemon
- Get 1/4 stick butter or margarine
- Make ready Hot sauce
- Get Al's cocktail sauce
Steps to make Shrimp Boil:
- Special Equipment - A large (at least 12-quart) stockpot, preferably with a perforated insert, or 2 large (at least 6-quart) pots
- Fill stockpot with 6 qt. water. Add lemons, bay leaves, salt, peppercorns, and 1/2 cup Old Bay seasoning, cover, and bring to a rolling boil. Add potatoes, return to a boil, and cook 7 minutes. Add sausage and onions, return to a boil, and cook 5 minutes. Add corn, return to a boil, and cook until corn is cooked and potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife, about 5 minutes more.
- For the lemon butter sauce (optional): - 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter or margarine, melted - 2 tablespoons (or more) fresh lemon juice, hot sauce (to taste; optional)
- Make the lemon-butter sauce: - Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Transfer to a medium bowl and stir in lemon juice and hot sauce, if using. Taste and add more lemon juice, if needed. Cover and let sit in a warm place.
- Add shrimp and cook (no need to return to a boil), stirring gently, until shrimp turn pink, about 3 minutes. Remove insert or drain through a very large colander.
- Serve the shrimp boil: - Serve shrimp boil on a newspaper-lined table or large platters. Serve with sauces alongside, if desired.
- Serve with lemon sauce and Cocktail Sauce.
- Cooks' Note - - If you can't find small new potatoes, cut larger potatoes into 1 1/2" chunks.
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