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Simple Seafood Boil In A Bag Recipe

How to make seafood boil in a bag at home. This might be the easiest combined with best tasting recipe on on the site! It is incredible how simple and quick it is to prepare along with the incredible flavors! If you like Angry Crab Shack then you are going to love this.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American, Cajun, Creole, Southern
Keyword: Cajun Garlic Butter, Cajun Seasoning, Crab Boil, Crab Boil In A Bag, Seafood, Seafood Boil, Seafood Boil In A Bag, Seafood In A Bag, Shrimp Boil, Shrimp Boil In A Bag
Servings: 4 people
Cost: 25

Ingredients

  • 1 turkey oven bag $1 at store
  • 1 lb shrimp raw but pre-cooked fine if in a pinch
  • 1 lb crawfish
  • 1 package andouille sausage into bag cut into pieces & can sub any sausage really
  • 1-2 lbs snow or Alaskan cran
  • 2 ears of corn cut in thirds
  • 1 lb small red or baby dutch yellow potatoes cut into quarters
  • 2 lemons halved & lightly squeezed
  • 1 cup butter melt or cut into 8 pieces
  • 4-6 cloves garlic, chopped can add two cloves crushed into bag as an aromatic
  • 1 serving DIY creole seasoning per recipe below Or 5 tbsp of pre-made creole Seasoning like Old Bay, Tony C's or Zatarain's seasoning.
  • 3 tbsp hot sauce you can't over hot sauce...

Optional

  • 1/2 cup white wine highly suggested but not mandatory
  • Any seafood you like! lobster, mussels, clams etc.
  • 1 tbsp lemon pepper into bag

Make Your Own Creole Seaoning

  • 1 tbsp paprika sub chilli powder but not as ideal
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder I use five often...
  • 1 tbsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tbsp cayenne pepper for mild-medium 2 if you want it hot
  • 1/2 tbsp dried oregano
  • 1/2 tbsp dried basil
  • 1/2 tbsp dried thyme sub more oregano if no thyme
  • 1/2 tbsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tbsp salt

Cajun Butter Dipping Sauce : Optional (I just used the sauce from the bag when it is done)

  • 1 cup butter 2 sticks butter
  • 5 tbsp creole seasoning
  • 2 tbsp hot sauce
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  • Mix DIY creole seasoning ingredients together or just use premade seasoning.
  • Put the oven bag in a large pan with sides. If you are using crab legs than can always double the bag to make sure legs do not come through.
  • Add seafood, sausage, corn and potatoes to bag
  • Add in wine, butter, garlic, hot sauce, creole seasoning, squeeze lemons overtop and then add lemon pieces to bag.
    It is hard to over season or over hot sauce this so I will add extra creole seasoning.
  • Tie up bag and gently move bag to spread fixins around and coat the food.
  • Place back on pan and bake for 35-40 minutes. Optional: shake bag around again at 20 minutes.
  • Remove from oven, serve with french bread or garlic bread & cajun dip.
  • Dipping the bread into the sauce from the bag is HEAVEN!

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