Crab and Lobster Boil

Ingredients

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  10 cup or 2.37kg

• Lemons

  Raw, with peel

  2 fruit without seeds or 216g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 medium or 110g

• Garlic

  Raw

  8 cloves, minced or 24g

• Old Bay Seasoning

  Freshdirect

  24 tsp or 96g

• Red potatoes

  Flesh and skin, raw

  454g

• Corn

  Sweet, yellow, raw

  4 ear, large yields or 572g

• Shrimp

  Crustaceans, mixed species, raw

  16 oz or 454g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  ½ cup or 114g

• Garlic

  Raw

  4 cloves, minced or 12g

• Beef broth soup

  Bouillon, consomme, prepared with equal volume water

  1 cup or 241g

Directions

1. Broth: Pour water into large pot. Add lemon, onion and garlic. Stir in old bay seasoning. Cover and heat over medium heat and bring to a boil. Remove lid and reduce to a simmer and let simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
2. Cook Potatoes: Carefully add in the potatoes and let cook for 10 minutes.
3. Cook Corn: Add in the corn and continue cooking at a simmer for another 5 minutes.
4. Cook Shrimp: Add in shrimp and cook for 2-3 minutes until pink and opaque.
5. Remove potatoes, corn and shrimp from the broth using a skimmer or large slotted spoon, add to a large bowl.
6. Garlic Butter Sauce: In a small bowl combine the melted butter, garlic and broth that was used. Whisk this together.
7. Pour half of the garlic butter sauce over the boil and reserve the rest to serve for dipping. Sprinkle additional old bay seasoning as desired.
8. Serve with the garlic butter sauce, lemon wedges, and fresh diced parsley sprinkled on top.
9. (source: https://houseofyumm.com/shrimp-boil/)