crawfish boiling secrets

[mikedatiger]

SaltyShaw had an interesting technique that hopefully he can chime in on. I believe he said he boils them in hotwater then transfers them to a seasoned pot with warm water to soak. Think he said he learned this from a local restaurant.

[BananaTom]

Originally Posted by Goooh

Secret 1 - don't take secrets from anyone who calls them Crayfish!

Someone is paying attention!!

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by mikedatiger

SaltyShaw had an interesting technique that hopefully he can chime in on. I believe he said he boils them in hotwater then transfers them to a seasoned pot with warm water to soak. Think he said he learned this from a local restaurant.

Ive seen them done kind of like this before... and they were really good

[mikedatiger]

Originally Posted by mikedatiger

SaltyShaw had an interesting technique that hopefully he can chime in on. I believe he said he boils them in hotwater then transfers them to a seasoned pot with warm water to soak. Think he said he learned this from a local restaurant.

meant to say boils them in plain water or saltwater only...

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by "W"

Debo come around I stop talking, but when he leave, I be talking again

[CAMP CANARD]

Originally Posted by T-TOP

I agree the most important part is the soak after temp is lowered with water or ice either one.. No need for seasoning on crawfish in the cooler after that! Always put a couple more sticks of butter and squeeze a couple more lemons after each pot of crawfish come out.

BTW there is about 200 different good ways to boil em!! Lol

That is how may camp padnuh and sons do them.
I had heard it was a " TX" thing to sprinkle them after dumping in the ice chest, but I was wrong.
I prefer the NO sprinkle !

["W"]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

Just follow these simple rules that everyone agrees upon:

1. definitely use ice after you boil them to cool them down
2. definitely do NOT use any ice, that is a 'waste' of ice
3. season the water before you cook them
4. season the crawfish after you boil them
5. do NOT season the crawfish after you boil them
6. throw them in the cooler after you boil them
7. do NOT throw them in the cooler afterwards because that keeps them cooking
8. Purge them with saltwater before you cook them
9. do NOT 'waste' your time trying to purge them with salt as that does nothing. Time is the only thing that truly purges them
10. place (insert any random ingredient here such as butter, vinegar, beer, etc.) in the water as it makes the crawfish easier to peel


thats all I can think of, but no matter what, you will somehow be doing it wrong and if anyone is there watching you they will let you know

That is why i hate to boil crawfish around a crowd... Boiled a few sacks at work and everyone had a better way
When im boiling Shut up and watch or buy you a sack and get you a pot and get it

[SaltERedneck]

Two pots as mentioned before... Simple seasoning in one for the boil then a transfer "cool" pot with the tastees for the soak.

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by "W"

That is why i hate to boil crawfish around a crowd... Boiled a few sacks at work and everyone had a better way
When im boiling Shut up and watch or buy you a sack and get you a pot and get it

Yep, everyone has something to say!

["W"]

Originally Posted by SaltERedneck

Two pots as mentioned before... Simple seasoning in one for the boil then a transfer "cool" pot with the tastees for the soak.

next Real Man of Genius!

[Swlatiger]

Originally Posted by "W"

next Real Man of Genius!

I don't always boil crayfish, but when I do I prefer to use a plethora of pots!

[Matt G]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

Just follow these simple rules that everyone agrees upon:

1. definitely use ice after you boil them to cool them down
2. definitely do NOT use any ice, that is a 'waste' of ice
3. season the water before you cook them
4. season the crawfish after you boil them
5. do NOT season the crawfish after you boil them
6. throw them in the cooler after you boil them
7. do NOT throw them in the cooler afterwards because that keeps them cooking
8. Purge them with saltwater before you cook them
9. do NOT 'waste' your time trying to purge them with salt as that does nothing. Time is the only thing that truly purges them
10. place (insert any random ingredient here such as butter, vinegar, beer, etc.) in the water as it makes the crawfish easier to peel


thats all I can think of, but no matter what, you will somehow be doing it wrong and if anyone is there watching you they will let you know

That's all there is too it? Hell I'm going to pick up a sack after work.

[T-TOP]

I don't normally boil crawfish and drink beer, but when I do, I keep my beer in a yeti, and the crawfish in a Coleman extreme that the lid won't close on anymore!

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by T-TOP

I don't normally boil crawfish and drink beer, but when I do, I keep my beer in a yeti, and the crawfish in a Coleman extreme that the lid won't close on anymore!

Haha!! I whopped one with some hot crayfish

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Matt G

That's all there is too it? Hell I'm going to pick up a sack after work.

You can't do crawfish wrong, or right for that matter. Just depends on who is eating em or watching you cook em

[Ragin_Cajun]

I'm so salt life i say crayfish! LOL

Plus, sprinkles makes your pee pee burn!!!!

[SaltERedneck]

Originally Posted by "W"

next Real Man of Genius!

X plain???

The first pot is used to boil and the second pot is used for the cool down or soak process... same concept as adding "good ice" to one pot.

Plus you dont have to reheat the first pot like you would if you added ice. Second pot option is optimal for boiling a ch it load of crawfish. I have done it both ways and both come out nice. If i have a small batch I usually will add "good ice".... I dont add seasoning to the batch afterwards or put in covered ice chest. I think seasoning on top of the shell is pointless... but thats just my preference.

[SaltERedneck]

Originally Posted by Swlatiger

I don't always boil crayfish, but when I do I prefer to use a plethora of pots!

Funny

[MarshRat89]

Originally Posted by swamp snorkler

If I put it in my oustide freezer it freezes from the inside out, if I put it in my inside freezer it freezes from the outside in. If I boil spillway crawfish raised in a pond I use use the outside in frozen ice. Gets colder quicker that way. If I boil pond crawfish I use my inside out frozen ice from my good ice box. That's only with the months that have an 4 in them though. So from now till September I will outside in frozen from my outside freezer to boil them.

Now shirmp is a whole differnt story, I use only fiji water with 3 sips missing out of a 22.5 ox square bottle, they come out perfect every time and it doesnt matter which freezer i freeze the bottle in because shrimp has 1 vowel in it and not 2 like crawfish. Now if I get a sack of crayfish to boil I can use the fiji because it y is sometimes a vowel and if you have an odd number of vowels its okay.


Hope I cleared this up.

Epic!

[Top Dawg]

I always sprinkle diamonds on my crawfish... for two reasons: one, it’s the most ballin **** you could possibly do to your crawfish, and two, it makes my dookie twinkle, man.