Season water with crab boil both powder and liquid. Cayenne pepper and garlic powder.
Bring water to a rolling boil and drop 1/3 sack of crawfish. Squeeze 8 lemons on top of each batch right after you drop them.
The key is too have the burner full blast to get the water boiling again ASAP!
I make three batches per sack so that there are always hot ones on the table. I would rather have people waiting on the next batch than bugs getting cold on the table.
Also, the small batches allow you to bring the water to a boil faster after you drop each sack.
Once water is boiling boil for 3 minutes. Cut off fire and drop ice on top. (Enough to cover top of crawfish.)
Let sit like that for ten minutes then dump on table and repeat it is a little more work making small batched but definitely worth it.
Also, increase the spice every batch so that once all the kids and women are full the last batch is hot enough to make you sweat and its just the men left eating.
Have been using this recipe for years and never failed me.
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