Low Country Shrimp Boil
User Reviews
4.2
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Total Time
35 mins
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Servings
6 servings
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Calories
678 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
American
Low Country Shrimp Boil
Description
This recipe combines water, beer, Old Bay seasoning, salt, lemon juice, garlic, and onion in a large pot to create a flavorful boiling broth. Potatoes are added first to start softening, followed by sausage and corn to cook through. Finally, shrimp are added briefly to cook just until opaque and tender. The ingredients soak up the savory, spicy broth, while the potatoes and corn absorb seasoning and soften properly. Draining the cooking liquid leaves a moist, well-seasoned mix of ingredients ready to serve. Garnishing with additional Old Bay, fresh parsley, and lemon wedges adds freshness and visual appeal. Accompanying the dish with a Sriracha mayo dip, created by mixing mayonnaise with chili sauce, provides a creamy, spicy complement.
Ingredients
- 4 quarts water
- 12 ounces beer of your favorite
- 1/3 cup Old Bay seasoning
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 lemon
- 1 head garlic
- 1 large vidalia onion peeled and cut in 4 wedges
- 1 lb red potatoes left whole, or halved if large, baby
- 4 ears corn cut in 2 inch slices, yellow
- 12 ounces Andouille Smoked Sausage Cajun style
- 1 lb Shrimp shell on
Sriracha mayo dip
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- Sriracha sauce to taste, or other hot chili sauce
garnish
- Old Bay seasoning
- parsley chopped, fresh
- lemon wedges
Instructions
- Put the water, beer, Old Bay, and salt in a large stock pot. Cut the lemon in half, squeeze the juice into the pot, and drop the squeezed halves in too. Slice the top off the head of garlic to expose the cloves, and add it to the pot, along with the onion wedges. Bring the pot up to a boil and let it bubble away for 5 minutes.
- Add the potatoes to the pot and let them cook for 5 minutes.
- Add the sausage and corn and let boil gently for another 5 minutes.
- Add the shrimp to the pot, cover, and let cook for a few minutes more, just until they are cooked through.
- Drain the pot and serve the boil with a sprinkling of Old Bay, fresh parsley, lemon wedges, hot sauce, and the Sriracha mayo dip.
- Make the Sriracha mayo by stirring the chili sauce into the mayo to taste, start with 3 tablespoons and go from there.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 678 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 678kcal | 34% |
| Carbohydrates | 37g | 12% |
| Protein | 31g | 62% |
| Fat | 45g | 69% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 20g | 118% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 186mg | 62% |
| Sodium | 1618mg | 67% |
| Potassium | 1032mg | 22% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 269IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 33mg | 37% |
| Calcium | 151mg | 15% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.2
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