Cajun Seafood Boil with Garlic Butter Sauce
Dive into this flavorful Cajun Seafood Boil with Garlic Butter Sauce that’s sure to impress! Gather your friends and enjoy this easy-to-make dish today!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: Serves approximately 6 people 1x
- Category: Main
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: Cajun
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 quarts water
- 1 (12-ounce) can beef broth (optional)
- 3 tablespoons Creole Cajun seasoning
- 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning
- Hot sauce (to taste)
- 1 medium yellow onion (sliced)
- 1 large lemon (cut into wedges)
- 1 lb baby potatoes
- 1 lb pre-cooked snow crab leg clusters
- 1 – 1 ½ lbs jumbo shrimp (deveined)
- 4–6 ears sweet corn on the cob
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 10 cloves garlic (minced)
Instructions
- In a large stockpot, bring water and beef broth to a boil. Add Cajun seasoning, Old Bay seasoning, hot sauce, onion, and lemon. Boil for about 15 minutes.
- Add sliced sausage and baby potatoes; cook until potatoes are fork-tender (15–20 minutes).
- Stir in snow crab clusters, shrimp, and corn. Cook until shrimp turns pink (about 5–7 minutes).
- In a separate saucepan, melt butter over medium heat with garlic, lemon juice, Old Bay seasoning, parsley, Creole seasoning, smoked paprika, and hot sauce.
- Pour garlic butter sauce over seafood mixture on a lined baking sheet and toss to coat.
- Serve family-style or on individual plates with extra lemon wedges.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: Approximately 1 bowl (250g)
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 900mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 25g
- Cholesterol: 120mg