Crawfish Boil
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มี.ค. 2020
- Meat Church Crawfish recipe: bit.ly/meatchurchcrawfishboil
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Even though Meat Church is synonymous with BBQ, I have boiled crawfish for over 20 years. I attended a crawfish boil hosted by some buddies years ago and was immediately hooked. I convinced the cooks from Louisiana to help me learn the craft at a young and went on to host huge, annual boils that became legendary.
Crawfish cooks lead me to fall in love cajun cuisine and have become heavily influenced by it ever since. I love the state of Louisiana, its people, and have taken tons of trips to Louisiana since Katrina to explore & dine.
One thing I figured out early was there are so many different ways to cook crawfish and so many different items to put in the boil. The basics for me are to season the water to your liking, not over boil the crawfish, let them soak (but not too long), add lot of potatoes, corn, sausage and whatever other veg you want your crowd to try and to NOT season the outside of the crawfish after. I've seen and tried a lot of variation over the years. 1 pot vs 2 (hot and cooler to soak), adding veg at different times to vary the heat level, etc. Here is our basic recipe we followed in this video but feel free to make it your own. The fun in outdoor cooking it changing, tweaking and testing new ways to cook recipes. Just get outside and cook something for your family & friends. Enjoy!
Ingredients
1 sack of live crawfish (typically ~35 lbs)
1, 4.5 lb bag of Crawfish Boil Seasoning
8 oz (or more if you like it spicy Crawfish Boil Liquid Concentrate
1lb (or more if desired) Meat Church Holy Voodoo Seasoning
6 large lemons halved
6 large white onions halved
4 cloves of garlic. Tip sliced off to expose.
4 sticks of butter
5 lb (or more) small red potatoes
3 lb (or more) sausage sliced. We like andouille.
1 dozen (or more) corn on the cob (cobbettes)
Crawfish boiling pot and burner
We use Loco Cookers - lococookers.com/
Optional items
16 oz white mushrooms
Other veg that loves the heat - cauliflower, asparagus
Cayenne pepper (only add if you are really trying to kick up the heat in the boil)
Anything else you want to add the boil!
Clean your crawfish
Rinse and purge the crawfish. I dump my crawfish out of the sack and into a wash basin or cooler. Then run fresh water over them until they run clean. Remove any dead crawfish. I do not use the old salt trick. I don't think it's necessary.
Prepare your Boil
Fill you pot and ignite the fire to boil the water. Be sure not to overfill the pot and you are going to dump the crawfish and vegetables in the water as well and don't want it to overflow when boiling.
Add the entire contents of the Holy Voodoo & your desired amount of crawfish seasoning (based on spiciness desired) to the water. For a large pot (100 qt or more) I like to add at least 1/3 of a gallon of the concentrate + plus some of the powdered boil seasoning. Add the seasoning to your taste. If you like it spicy then add more!
Bring the water to a boil.
While the water is coming up to temp add the lemons (I like to squeeze the juice in the boil then drop), onions & garlic.
After the water is boiling
Add the potatoes and sausage. Some folks add the corn and mushrooms here. I usually wait and add them when I kill the fire and the crawfish are soaking, but it works either way.
After 10 minutes of boiling the potatoes and sausage drop in the live crawfish. Turn your burners wide open (max fire) and bring them to a boil. When the water returns to a boil allow them to cook for 3 mins then kill the fire.
Add the mushrooms and corn. I love a Loco Crazy Spoon - lococookers.com/product/48-cr...
Allow the crawfish to soak for 20 - 30 minutes to add spiciness. When the crawfish are starting to drop in the water you know they are soaking up those spices. If you soak them too long the crawfish will turn into mush.
Dump the crawfish and fixins on a table and tell your friends and family to gather around!Follow Matt
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Feasting with friends and family at the lake house and making memories.
Sounds like a beautiful life!
And that's how it's done!!! Great video and I'm digging that Loco pot! Looks well built!
Smoky Ribs BBQ A great rig!
instaBlaster.
just a table full of greatness right there!!!
The best crawfish boil is the one you share it with family and friends. I love that LoCo rig.
Inbreds
Used this recipe today. Awesome!!! Nothing but compliments from everyone.
Here from South Carolina! Used the Gospel and my other traditional ingredients with my Low Country Boil aka Frog-More-Stew, it was Awesome! Love watching Matt on the Traeger. Used many of your techniques on mine🤙🍻🇺🇸
I really enjoyed watching this!! Awesome demo.
One of the best videos you've done yet!
Looks good! Can't wait to do a boil.
I miss fresh crawfish from when I grew up in Texas. I have been able to make just about everything else I like, but haven’t done fresh crawfish yet. Great video!
Looks amazing señor. Beautiful family. Cheers.
Great video to start a Saturday off with!!
Sweet..thanks for the post
Best part watching the family eat. It looked amazing
Thank you!!!!
Gosh I so want to try eating these someday!! Looks fantastic!
"How much you need?" Ha! BBQ is all about the fun and seeing the smile on everyone's face when you serve it up! Good times!
Love these videos keep them coming!
Matt you're such an artist! They covered all the bases with that boiler, dang. Amazing video. Miss eating crawfish.
Wes Gramling Thank you so much!
I’ve lived in Deep South Louisiana I’ve never seen such an amazing cooker as that Loco !!!!
Great job PK! Hope you had a cold Miller Lite standing by. I can’t believe it’s been over 20 yrs now. Good times!
great vid matt! making me real hungry!
Awesome job Matt. Thinking about getting one of them cookers now!
Awesome Boil!! I need to get my hand on a sack or two!!
That’s on point right there!!
Matt got really excited when them burners came on full blast.
Great video Matt!!! I’ve never had this but I sure want to!!!!
Great video! My jowls are salivating now thanks a lot.👊
love crawfish use to go all the time and have catch them for the family for a boil.
Wow that looks good!!!
Bucket list meal for me
Rockin video dude!!! You just made me seriously hungry
Perfect recipe
Good stuff right there!
Never done one of these but I think ill.give it a try after watching this video
Man that looks amazing Matt.dont sleep on them crawfish spreads friends 👍
WOW!! Just wow!
Nice work brother!!! Thats a sweet rig. Awesome video man! Cheers
this brings a tear to my eye. god bless the usa!
I like the way you do it yes sir looks delicious 💯👍🏽
Best crawfish video on TH-cam. Love seeing the babies eating too
Really appreciate that!!
Malcolm Reed and Mark Williams would approve those bad boys!
M S10 Malcom is my dude. 👊🏽
Did you see Malcolm Reed boiling video? He put ONE lemon in a huge pot. I was like one lemon. lol
Awesome!
Good crawfish boil tips...…Keep up the good content Meat Church!!! Great video!!!
That does bring back fond memories of living near Galveston (though not cooking on a rig that nice). Can't get my wife into anything from the sea, but she does love beef/pork from the smoker, so only my loss. But I will be in your area a few weeks from now, I'll look you up!
awesome video! I love that even the little ones in Texas like it spicy.
Dang Matt ! That’s a nice mud bug spread ! That Loco pot looks amazing too ! Well done Sir !
Daddy Dutch BBQ Thank you sir!
That is so cool with the family brother thank you for your video?😊
Looked as tho a good time was had. Good job thx I njoyed the video.
BIG STEVE'S SMOKEM & CHOKEM BBQ Thnak you!
Put a bag of ice on top after you get through bowling crawfish makes it soak up the seasoning more It's a game changer
I’m from breaux bridge Louisiana the Crawfish capital of the World 🌍
My family is Poche’s from world famous Cracklins and Boudin and crawfish (look it up on Google)
I approve of this video!
Vegetables at the end was creative! As it would soak up the best seasonings
My mouth is watering brother 🔥👌
Every time I watch someone boil, I see something new to toss in. I'd never used butter in the boil water before so I'll give that a shot on my next one. I'd HIGHLY recommend tossing an artichoke in there sometime. Those are delicious in a boil.
You ever tried boudin? Its great in the boil. I wrap it in foil and poke a few holes in it. Delicious 😋
I just used butter Sunday in boil and they made them so easy to peel!
@@andrewwilliams1903if you peeling crawfish then you are eating it wrong
All those add ins, it just kept getting better.
This is my first time viewing. Great video, I really enjoyed the quality of it. New subscriber and I hit the bell 🔔 to be notified.
Lavette Bay Thank ya!
Meat Church BBQ you’re welcome
Now that's how it's done 👍
Never thought about cauliflower or asparagus and crawdads are out of season now! Thats a feast!
What a Yummy Feast !
Awesome video as always. Thanks for sharing it. What Kind of knife is that you are using? I love the blade contour and it looks like it would hold an edge.
Haven't even watched the video yet. However, any channel that has the name "Meat Church" deserves an immediate follow.
Thank you!
Darby Bros BBQ here in Central NY, Matt great content we love the spices and creative ideas you have! Holy Cow ,Voodoo are top shelf spices
Thank you!!!
The Real Crawfish Boil! Thanks for having us Pittmans! 🇺🇸
best part was the end watching everyone eat
I’m from Louisiana and i approve this video 1,000%
Parker Atwood oh man thank you so much!
Cajun here and this is a legit boil
Thank you!!!
Omg.. it looks amazing…
I want some crawfish now.. 😂
This channel is so underrated.
Damn that looks great
When you guys poured it out on the table I nearly teared up it looked so beautiful 😍😢😘😘😘😘 love watching meat church !!!!!!
New sub here, from New Orleans, residing in Dallas, TX...
Add some oranges to your ingredients, cut in half, and squeezed in, just as the lemons were... YOU'LL THANK ME LATER...
GOOD STUFF!!!!
'Tis the season for crawfish...."I didn't choose the crawfish life, the crawfish life chose me."
Daniel Tobin I like it!
Loco pot is awesome
👌🏻
Dumping them on the table is the same thing we do with MD steamed crab feasts
Hey Matt! Where do y'all source live crawfish 'round the Cedar Creek parts? From South La originally and used to the roadside shacks everywhere. Family has a lakehouse right in the cove with y'all there I think
Man that’s a party!! Amazing!! Makes me want to spend some
$$$ 😅
My rule: If you can see the spoon in the water, it's not spicy enough. And definitely add more cayenne.
Not gonna lie I was a little worried you were gonna cook in water and then throw some bbq dust on them afterwards. Legit boil.
Crawfish boil is the best thing to bring people together do you ever use shells to make stock with
sit me down at that table with a bowl of melted butter and I'd be in heaven again. I need to head South to "spend time with family" soon.
Do you add ice to help cool down the water when they soak?
After the 3 m boil should you throw ice in to cool off pot or let it go
Excellent walk through. That Loco cooker is legit. The little hatch at the top is absolutely genius. I have a 180qt pot & jet burner that now looks terribly obsolete. What are your thoughts on throwing ice on the boil to stop the meat from cooking before their long soak?
Mike Galloway Hey Mike! I have iced them previously. Especially if we are not doing a 2nd batch (don’t want to dilute the seasoning). Hope you are well!
COVID-19 ain't savin no mud bugs! love the video. burners on the cookers were "fire"!
Bro I'm dying for a crawfish boil. It's been so long.
May need to clean them more, lot of dirt in the bottom of the container you poured them in from. How many times did you rinse them? Maybe use the strainer that appears to be part of your other cooker.
Thats one of the most legit vid’s I’ve seen. You need to do make a wish and get me there. That’s my wish. Damn!!! Oh yeah is your in the giving mood I need one of those freakn legit cookers. Damn. Btw my pantry is stocked full of the meat church seasoning’s. Great F’ing job
We need an update video!!
I like to imagine there was a take where Jack didn't fire up the water and so Matt slammed his face on the Santa Maria in a fit of Alabama rage.
song at the end was perfect for this video! What band was that?
It's called Jambalaya on the Bayou - It's a Hank Williams song .. not sure who signs this version on the video
If you want to hear them scream, jump to 5:50🤣
Old Hank Williams son of gun have big fun on the bayou man i wish i had a pile of mud bugs right now.
Is that Cedar Creek Lake??
can i use a clip of this for a school project.
How spicy is the recipe in the description? I have some people at the boil coming up that can't do really spicy food.
Did he say serious heat from cauliflower??
What lake is that?
That meat church new era hat is slick, where can I get one?
Not hard to figure out why you have so many friends.... As always, great video...
Great job Matt! You ask 50 people how to boil crawfish and you will get 50 different answers. I boil the same way you do, central Louisiana boy me! I'm planning on coming to your shop soon to stock up on some rubs! Take care
What lake is that??
I’m from HOUMA Louisiana THATS A NICE BOILER I NEED TO INVEST IN ONE OF THOSE !!
What part of Houma???
Mommy Oftwo Houma, an hour from New Orleans
I know...I'm from Houma..lol that's why I said what part
Mommy Oftwo east or west?😂
@@germainejohnson277 mummy kinda both...lol raised in Dulac and Bayou Blue