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  1. You can add corn,chorizos ,smoked Russians or you can leave them out but one thing you’ve got to add are the eggs!
    Eggs in a seafood boil seems wrong but the flavours that you get when you eat it ,is something else .

    Tips : 1) Add in seafood and veg that takes the longest to get done first and the items like prawns and mussels should be added last.

    2) Prawns cook very quickly in a seafood boil. Here’s a breakdown:
    • Large prawns (shell-on or peeled): 2-3 minutes
    • Jumbo prawns: 3-4 minutes
    • Smaller prawns: 1-2 minutes
    I used precooked prawns so I only cooked them for under 1 min.

    You’ll know they’re done when they turn pink and curl into a “C” shape.

    Cajun seafood boil
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    Ingredients for the boil
    1 tsp each : chilli flakes,parsely,oregano,paprika ,cumin,seafood spice (@spicemeccaza
    2-3 tsp Cajun spice
    Prawns (shelled or shell on And deveined )
    Crab
    Mussels
    Potatoes
    Juice from 1/2 a lemon

    Seafood boil sauce
    1 onion finely chopped
    3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
    50g unsalted butter
    2 tsp each : parsely,oregano,cumin,chilli flakes,paprika,seafood spice
    3 tsp Cajun seasoning
    Salt and black pepper
    1 tsp sugar
    Juice from 1/2 a lemon (or more if you’d like)
    2 cups of seafood boil broth

    Method

    1) In a smaller pot boil eggs
    2) In a much larger deep pot water (fill the pot up ) and add in your seasoning.
    3) Start with potatoes and boil for 12-25 mins (halved or whole)
    4) Add blue crab ,lemon juice and boil for 10-12 mins
    5) Add mussels and boil for 3-5 mins
    6) Prawns (depending on the size of prawns you’re using ) boil for 1 min.
    7) Add in boiled and peels eggs and set aside to allow all of the seafood and veg to soak in the spices.

    Seafood boil sauce
    1) In a separate pot melt unsalted butter,add onions and garlic and cook till onions are translucent.
    2) Add in spices and seafood boil broth ,salt,pepper,sugar and lemon juice ,mix and allow to simmer for 10 mins.
    3) Add in your boiled seafood and mix well
    4) Garnish with fresh parsely and lemon wedges

    Enjoy hot ! 🦐🦀

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