How to Prepare Homemade Shrimp Boil

Shrimp Boil.

Hello everybody, it's Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, shrimp boil. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook shrimp boil using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Shrimp Boil:

1. {Take of lemons, quartered.
2. {Get of bay leaves.
3. {Make ready of kosher salt.
4. {Take of whole black peppercorns.
5. {Get of Old Bay Seasoning.
6. {Take of small new potatoes.
7. {Get of sweet Italian sausage (about 6 links).
8. {Make ready of sweet or yellow onions, peeled, quartered.
9. {Take of corn, shucked, cut in half.
10. {Get of fresh large shrimp (31–35 count).
11. {Prepare of Lemon sauce:.
12. {Take of lemon.
13. {Get of butter or margarine.
14. {Prepare of Hot sauce.
15. {Prepare of Al's cocktail sauce.

Instructions to make Shrimp Boil:

1. Special Equipment A large (at least 12-quart) stockpot, preferably with a perforated insert, or 2 large (at least 6-quart) pots.
2. Fill stockpot with 6 qt. water. Add lemons, bay leaves, salt, peppercorns, and 1/2 cup Old Bay seasoning, cover, and bring to a rolling boil. Add potatoes, return to a boil, and cook 7 minutes. Add sausage and onions, return to a boil, and cook 5 minutes. Add corn, return to a boil, and cook until corn is cooked and potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife, about 5 minutes more..
3. For the lemon butter sauce (optional): 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter or margarine, melted 2 tablespoons (or more) fresh lemon juice, hot sauce (to taste; optional).
4. Make the lemon-butter sauce: Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Transfer to a medium bowl and stir in lemon juice and hot sauce, if using. Taste and add more lemon juice, if needed. Cover and let sit in a warm place..
5. Add shrimp and cook (no need to return to a boil), stirring gently, until shrimp turn pink, about 3 minutes. Remove insert or drain through a very large colander..
6. Serve the shrimp boil: Serve shrimp boil on a newspaper-lined table or large platters. Serve with sauces alongside, if desired..
7. Serve with lemon sauce and Al's Cocktail Sauce..
8. Cooks' Note If you can't find small new potatoes, cut larger potatoes into 1 1/2" chunks..

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