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A low country boil is tossed on a newspaper and served with melted butter.

Southern Low Country Boil with Cajun Lemon Butter

Sea Salt Savorings
This easy one-pot seafood dinner is packed with fresh Gulf shrimp, blue crab, crawfish, cajun sausage, potatoes, sweet corn, beer, and loads of seasoning! Grab a cold one and start cracking those craw daddies open!
5 from 32 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Southern
Servings 10
Calories 443 kcal

Equipment

  • Large stock pot (atleast 12 quarts)
  • Outdoor single burner
  • Strainer
  • Bottle opener
  • Medium sized glass bowl

Ingredients
  

For the stock

  • 5 bottles of pale ale beer
  • 1/2 cup Old Bay Seasoning
  • 2 3 oz packs of Zatarain's, Crawfish, Shrimp, & Crab Boil in Bag
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 white onions quartered
  • 3 heads of garlic halved
  • 4 lemons halved
  • 8 quarts of water

To build the low country boil

  • 1 package cajun sausage
  • 3 lbs fresh Gulf shrimp peeled, deveined, with tail on
  • 2 lbs precooked crawfish
  • 10 blue crabs
  • 1 1/2 lbs baby dutch potatoes
  • 6 ears of corn halved

For the Cajun Lemon Butter

  • 1 cup butter
  • 4 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp Tony Chachere creole seasoning

Instructions
 

Build the stock

  • In a large stock pot, add the beer, water, onions, garlic, bay leaves, Old Bay Seasoning, and the Zataria'ns seasoning bags. Squeeze the lemon juice into the stock pot, then toss in the lemons. Allow the stock to come to a rolling boil.

Build the Low Country Boil

  • Once the stock has come to a rolling boil, add the potatoes and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Next, add the corn and cook for another 5 minutes.
  • Add the sausage and blue crab and cook for 5 minutes. If the sausage is thick (more than 1 inch), cook for 10 minutes.
  • Add the shrimp and crawfish. Boil for another 2-3 minutes. Strain the seafood mix from the stock.

Make the Cajun Lemon Butter

  • Cut the butter into cubes, then melt in the microwave in 20 secind incriments. Add the lemon juice and creole seasoning to the bowl and mix well. Divide the cajun butter into individual serving bowls.

Serve the low country boil

  • To serve the low country boil, lay newspaper out on the middle of the table (preferably outside). Toss the low country boil onto the newspaper and serve with the cajun lemon butter, wedges of lemon, and more Old Bay Seasoning.

Nutrition

Calories: 443kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 34gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 407mgSodium: 1254mgPotassium: 698mgFiber: 5gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 775IUVitamin C: 50mgCalcium: 270mgIron: 5mg

Nutrition values are estimates, for exact values consult a nutritionist.

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