Shrimp Boil

We were all hiding from the heat in the AC yesterday evening, discussing what we were gonna have for supper. The boys wanted Mickey D's, Kim mentioned hamburger helper , and I wanted something different.

I decided a shrimp boil sounded good, so off to walmart we went. I grabbed a couple bags of the raw medium shrimp, some jalepeno/cheddar smoked sausage, an onion, and some taters. We already had some of Mom and Dad's sweet corn.

Here's the basic recipe I used from OldBay.com;

Ingredients

4 quarts water (16 cups)

1 can (12 ounces) beer (optional)

1/2 cup OLD BAY® Seasoning

2 tablespoons salt

8 medium red potatoes, quartered

2 large onions, cut into wedges

2 pounds lean smoked sausage, cut into 2-inch pieces

8 ears fresh corn, shucked and halved

4 pounds unpeeled jumbo shrimp (21 to 25 count)


Directions

Bring water, beer, OLD BAY Seasoning and salt to boil in 12-quart stockpot on high heat. Add potatoes and onions. Cook 8 minutes. Add smoked sausage. Cook 5 minutes. Add corn. Cook 7 minutes.

Stir in shrimp. Cook 4 minutes or just until shrimp turn pink.

Drain cooking liquid. Pour contents of pot into large serving bowl or platter. Or, mound on paper-covered table. Sprinkle with additional OLD BAY Seasoning, if desired.

I didn't have enough Old Bay, so I added some Louisiana Crawfish Co. Creole Seasoning and some Cajun Injector Cajun Shake to the water. The garage was smellin GOOD! I just used regular potatoes chunked up instead of the red potatoes.

Chase ran up to Mom and Dad's and borrowed their big pot.


I sprinkled some of the Creole Seasoning on everything on my plate.


For probably less than we would have spent at McDonald's, we had us a feast!