American-Style Crab Boil

Name: American-Style Crab Boil
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 litre (4 cups) water; 1 litre (4 cups) fingerling potatoes, halved; 2.5 ml (1/2 tsp) salt; 2 live snow crabs, at least 1 kg (2 lb) each (see note); 2 lemons, scrubbed clean, halved and seeded; 75 ml (1/3 cup) Old Bay spices; 280 g (10 oz) smoked Kielbasa sausage, cut into chunks; 750 ml (3 cups) trimmed yellow beans; 375 g (3/4 lb) unpeeled large raw shrimp, deveined

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Preparation 15 MIN

Cooking 30 MIN
Servings 4

Ingredients
Preparation

Ingredients

1 litre (4 cups) water
1 litre (4 cups) fingerling potatoes, halved
2.5 ml (1/2 tsp) salt
2 live snow crabs, at least 1 kg (2 lb) each (see note)
2 lemons, scrubbed clean, halved and seeded
75 ml (1/3 cup) Old Bay spices
280 g (10 oz) smoked Kielbasa sausage, cut into chunks
750 ml (3 cups) trimmed yellow beans
375 g (3/4 lb) unpeeled large raw shrimp, deveined

Preparation

Install a steamer basket at the bottom of a large 12litre (3gallon) pot. Add the water. Cover and bring to a boil.
Add the potatoes and salt. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
Add the crabs and lemons. Sprinkle with 60 ml (1/4 cup) of the Old Bay spice mixture. Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
Add the sausage and beans. Cover and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
Add the shrimp, sprinkle with the remaining Old Bay spices (15 ml / 1 tbsp). Cover and cook for 5 more minutes or until the shrimp are cooked. Adjust the seasoning.
Place the crab and the remaining ingredients in one or two large serving plates. Drizzle with the cooked lemon’s juice and some of the cooking liquid.

Note

You can also make this recipe with cooked crab. You then have to add them at the end of cooking along with the sausage and beans.

Not without my Old Bay Created by a German immigrant in 1939 in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, this spice blend includes, in proportions closely guarded secret, mustard, paprika, celery salt, bay leaf, clove, nutmeg, ginger and cardamom. Ubiquitous on the American east coast, the little yellow box made its way into our fishmongers.

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