Low Country Shrimp Boil

Servings: 4-6

Prep time: 10 min

Cook time: 20-25 min

As you prep this meal, think rustic. Food should be cut in pieces big enough to eat with your bare hands.

Ingredients:

• 1 Zararan's crab boil seasoning bag (usually can find in the seafood section of store)

•2 Lemons -- quartered, leave peel on

• 1 large white onion, cut in wedges (or sub a number of small pearl onions)

• 6 white potatoes, halved (leave peel on)

• 1 lb Kielbasa Sausage, cut into 1" diagonal pieces

• 4 cobs of corn, shucked and halved (cut off any bad ends--these will boil with everything else)

• 1 lb. medium shrimp (31-40 size work great), rinsed (do not peel). I only use fresh, so if using frozen shrimp, thaw first.

Note: You can easily add more of any number of ingredients. For instance, my family are shrimp lovers, so I always do 2 lbs. shrimp, 2 lbs. kielbasa. You can also add more potatoes and corn easily. The seasoning bag is enough for at least double the recipe above.

Fill a LARGE pot with water, and bring to a boil. Add Zataran's seasonings bag (just place the entire bag in--do not open it). Add lemon quarters, onion wedges, potatoes, potatoes and sausage. Boil for 10 min, stirring occasionally.

Add corn on the cob, boil another 10 min. Add shrimp and boil another 2 min.

Strain and serve all in one big serving bowl. Have lots of napkins handy! And a bowl or two to toss spent corn cobs and shrimp shells into.  Cocktail sauce/ ketchup are nice additions.

A fun tradition of the Low Country of the South is to cook this all in a big pot outside in the summer, then dump onto newspaper spread on the picnic table, and eat from the pile with your hands. We eat this entire meal with our hands, no utensils allowed, even when eating indoors. My kids love it.