Fill your 80 qt. boiling pot to one inch below halfway point of your pot with basket in.
Open a beer
Add Pontchartrain Seafood's homemade seasoning mix and drink beer
Cut lemons in half and squeeze juice into to water and drop in lemons.
Add halved onions, halved
garlic, and celery.
Stir ingredients with paddle
Place crabs in seasoned cold water (crabs are added to cold water because the sudden change
of water temperature will cause crabs to throw their claws.
Light the fire on the pot and cover with lid
Bring to a rolling boil
After 2 ½ minutes shut heat off and remove cover
Add small bag of ice to water and if outdoors hose off with water underneath and around
pot. (the change of water temperature helps crabs absorb seasoning)
Let crabs soak a total of 30 minutes with cover off and have another beer. After 30 minutes remove crabs out of pot or if using
basket remove basket. Place crabs on table and open beer. Enjoy crabs and beer together.
If you like sausage,
potatoes and corn with your boil we recommend you boil in a
separate pot. These
items are season robbers.
This crab boil recipe is courtesy of Pontchartrain Seafood. See our
selection of fresh Louisiana seafood at http://www.pontchartrain-seafood.com/.
We carry the finest shrimp, crabs, oysters, catfish, alligator and
more. We also carry our own line of homemade Louisiana seasonings,
so that your next crawfish boil, crab boil, or shrimp fry will be
something to remember.