Southern Shrimp Boil

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 15 min
  • Prep: 40 min
  • Cook: 35 min
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Ingredients

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

10 ounces andouille sausage, cut into 1-inch rounds

1 1/2 cups cipollini onions, peeled, halved

1 pound baby artichokes (about 8 small), trimmed and halved

1 jalapeno, diced

3 quarts water

1 pound small red potatoes

3 tablespoons shrimp boil spice (recommended: Old Bay)

1 tablespoon kosher salt

3 bay leaves

1 teaspoon hot sauce

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

2 ears of corn (about 1 pound), cut into thirds

1 pound (16/20 count) shell-on shrimp, deveined

3 green onions, sliced for garnish

Garlic bread, recipe follows

Garlic Bread:

2 sticks butter, softened

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 scallion, minced

1 tablespoon Parmesan

1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley leaves

Hot sauce, to taste

Salt and freshly cracked black pepper

1 French baguette

Directions

  1. In a small stock pot, heat oil over medium heat. Saute sausage, onions and artichokes until lightly colored, about 5 minutes. Add jalapeno, water, potatoes, shrimp boil spice, salt, bay leaves, hot sauce and black pepper. Cover pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat add corn and cover. Cook until corn is tender, about 10 minutes. Add shrimp and cook until pink and firm, about 5 minutes. Strain the boil through a colander. Plate immediately on a large serving dish. Garnish with sliced green onions or your favorite fresh herb. Serve with Garlic Bread.

Garlic Bread:

  1. In a small bowl, mix butter together with garlic, scallion, Parmesan, parsley, hot sauce and salt and pepper, to taste. Preheat broiler with rack 4 inches from heat. Slice baguette horizontally. Spread butter on both halves. Place on a sheet pan and toast under the broiler, about 2 minutes.

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Crystal S.

Just made this for my husband for his birthday. Took the whole batch to him at work and all the guys LOVED it!!!Couldn't find the right onions at my local store, so just used a sweet onion. Also couldn't find Baby Artichokes, so just broke the petals off of a large one. One co-worker from New Orleans suggested next time adding more garlic and using liquid seasoning, but never-the-less it went over great! Skipped the garlic bread though, and substituted the recipe for Red Lobster's Cheddar Bay Biscuits. What a hit!!!

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