5 from 12 votes
Crab Boil with Seasoned Butter Sauce
This Crab Boil combines seafood, smoked sausage, potatoes, and corn cooked in a seasoned broth infused with aromatics and spices. Dungeness crab sections and shrimp finish the boil briefly to preserve tenderness. The dish is served with a warm lemon-garlic Old Bay seasoned butter sauce for brushing and dipping, offering a rich, savory complement to the boiled ingredients.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
37 mins
Total Time
47 mins
Servings:
6
people
Calories:
913 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
Cajun
Ingredients
- 2 gallons water
- 2 quarts chicken broth
- 1 onion cut in wedges, large
- 8 garlic whole and peeled, cloves
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup Old Bay seasoning
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 lemon halved (plus more for garnish if desired, plural
- 4 pounds potato red and yellow, small
- 24 ounces smoked sausage
- 6 corn halved, cobs
- 1 pound Shrimp raw, peeled, with tail on
- 4 Dungeness crab cooked, sections
Seasoned Butter
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
- 1 lemon juiced
- 4 garlic crushed, cloves
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay seafood seasoning
- hot sauce (optional, a few dashes or to taste)
- parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Bring the water, chicken broth, onion, garlic, sugar, Old Bay, paprika, salt, and lemons to a boil. Boil for 10 minutes.
- Add potatoes, cut sausage and corn to the stock pot and boil for 15-20 minutes. Check at 15 minutes to make sure potatoes aren't getting too soft. You don't want them to be quite fork tender yet. Prepare the seasoned butter (below) during this boil.
- Add crab and shrimp to the stock pot and boil for 7 minutes.
- Remove and drain well. Remove onions, lemon, and garlic cloves and spread the remaining ingredients over a baking sheet or very large platter. Brush with seasoned butter (below) before serving and garnish with fresh lemons.
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Seasoned Butter
- Melt butter in a small saucepan on low. When butter is melted, whisk in remaining ingredients and keep on warm until ready to serve. Brush onto the crab boil and pour remaining in bowls for dipping.
Nutrition Information
Calories
913kcal
(46%)
Carbohydrates
51g
(17%)
Protein
40g
(80%)
Fat
65g
(100%)
Saturated Fat
31g
(155%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
6g
(35%)
Monounsaturated Fat
23g
(115%)
Trans Fat
1g
(50%)
Cholesterol
284mg
(95%)
Sodium
2.633mg
(0%)
Potassium
1.11mg
(0%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
25g
(50%)
Vitamin A
1.778IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
38mg
(42%)
Calcium
179mg
(18%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6 people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 913
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 913kcal | 46% |
| Carbohydrates | 51g | 17% |
| Protein | 40g | 80% |
| Fat | 65g | 100% |
| Saturated Fat | 31g | 155% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 6g | 35% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 23g | 115% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 284mg | 95% |
| Sodium | 2.633mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 1.11mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 25g | 50% |
| Vitamin A | 1.778IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 38mg | 42% |
| Calcium | 179mg | 18% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.