What Is Crab boil and How Can I Use It?

Here's everything worth knowing about crab boil and how to pick it, what it is, how to store it, and what to use instead, plus 7 recipes to cook tonight.

Recipes using crab boil

There are 7 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Pickled Onions, New Orleans Style

New Orleans-style pickled pearl onions with crab boil, red pepper flakes, basil, and bay. Spicy Creole condiment that's a must with red beans and rice or gumbo.

Soaked Boiled Crawfish

Louisiana-style crawfish boil for 50 pounds of live mudbugs, purged and soaked in a spicy bath of crab boil, cayenne, hot sauce, lemons, and garlic. Feed the whole neighborhood.

Pickled Shrimp

Pickled shrimp boiled in crab boil spices, layered with onion and bay leaves, and marinated 24 hours in a tangy vinegar-celery seed dressing. A classic Southern cocktail appetizer.

Boiled Crawfish

A succulent seafood dish made with smoked sausage, potatoes and a bit of cayenne pepper.

Justin Wilson's Boiled Crawfish

Justin Wilson's Cajun crawfish boil simmers 50 pounds of live crawfish with crab boil seasoning, lemons, cayenne, sausage, corn, and potatoes. The gold standard Louisiana backyard feast.

Cajun Deep Fried Turkey

Cajun deep fried turkey injected overnight with a spicy crab boil, cayenne, paprika, and white pepper marinade. Fried in peanut oil at 5 minutes per pound for crispy skin and juicy meat.

Vinegar Steamed Shrimp

Shell-on shrimp steamed with crab boil spices, mustard seeds, and apple cider vinegar for tender, perfectly seasoned seafood that peels easily and tastes like a Chesapeake Bay crab feast.

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