Showing posts with label crawfish boil pots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crawfish boil pots. Show all posts

Monday, February 6, 2012

Getting To Know Crawfish


A lot of us find crawfish strange and scary, while others find them wonderful and can't wait to obtain their hands around them. They may be found all over the world in ponds, freshwater and rivers hiding underneath the rocks or hideaway underneath the dirt. In U.S. they crawfish are recognized by many names. They are known as “crayfish” in the North, “crawdads” in Central Eastern regions of US, while “crawfish or mudbugs” in South. The Australians people name them “yabbies” and “cangrejo p rio or river crab” in Spain.

The crawfish are completely connected with lobsters, however in contrast to their bigger family. The adult crawfish are extremely small, in most cases a maximum of 7 inches. Merely a small sector in the crawfish is actually edible. In lots of main courses recipe or sauces, only the tail is provided. A few crawfish, have large enough claws to produce meat. The preferred approach to cook them is usually boiled, loads of seasoned, whole bodied crawfish, incorporated with potatoes and corn-on-the-cob. If the crawfish are boiled, you will taste many seasoning because of the ingredients added and it is also juicy. The most popular saying in Louisiana especially when someone is eating crawfish is, "suck the heads and pinch the tail."

Do you have any idea just what the health benefits you will get in crawfish? Given that they are certainly not soaked in butter like the crab meat which often is, seafood just like crawfish they are very less in body fat, packed with protein, and also less in calories. The shellfish are likewise less in saturated fats. They are filled with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and helpful supply of zinc, phosphorus, manganese, vitamin B 12, together with other vitamins and minerals. The University of Southern California researched show that the weekly eating of sea food decreased cardiac arrest about 59 %.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Tips On Boiling Crawfish

Are you a crawfish fan or a crawfish party planner? Here some tips on how to accomplish your next event at the crawfish full blown boil.

Things you need:
  • crawfish pot with propane burner
  • 35 lb bags of live crawfish
  • large size cooler
  • a big bag of boiled crawfish
  • smoked sausage cut into pieces
  • mushrooms
  • red potatoes
  • corn on the cob
  • Additionally alternative - lemon, garlic cloves, newspaper for serving your boiled crawfish

First, clean or purge the crawfish. Other use some salt to purge the crawfish but it is not all important, it’s all up to you. After cleaning place the crawfish in the cooler. Wash crawfish with a water hose and rinse well until the water is not dirty. Make sure to remove any dead crawfish and let stand in water for at least 60 minutes you can add salt in the water (optional).

At the moment, as the crawfish are soaked, fill up the crawfish pots with two-thirds of water.  Pour in the bag of spice or season it right after you cooked the potatoes and corn. Set the pot on the burner and turn on the gas a bit place the gas on high heat. When the water boils add the potatoes. Make sure the potatoes are fully cooked. When you are almost done add in corn and potatoes. It is also the right time to put in the optional ingredients such as lemons, garlic, sausage and mushrooms.

When the corn and potatoes are cooked remove them and the added ingredients of the pot. Now you can fill the boiling basket with crawfish. When the water turns to a boil put the basket of crawfish in the pot. Remove the basket once the water boils.

Then lastly, spread out the prepared newspaper and dumb in your boiled crawfish together with corn and potatoes and other ingredients.