Best way for first timer to make crawfish?

[booger]

Assuming boiling is the best way to prepare it. Any tips suggestions or info is much appreciated

[srvy]

Originally Posted by Rausch

1) Crawdad goes on hook.

2) Cast out and catch something worth eating.

3) If you catch nothing get better at fishing. Do not just say "**** it, I'll eat the bait..."

This pretty much nails it as far as I'm concerned.

[Xanathol]

Originally Posted by Stryker

Oh good lord!

Take it from a guy from Louisiana:

I use a combination of these 2 recipes -

Crawfish boil

1 sack

1/2 jar large Zataran's boil
4 garlic - cut off heads
4 - yellow onion cut in 1/2
Boil
Add small potatoes
Boil 7 min
Add corn, mushrooms & sausage
Boil 5 min
Add sack of crawfish
Boil 8 min
Shut off remove and dump in ice chest

For shrimp, same as above - boil 2 minutes


Crawfish Boil

One jar of zatarain's pro boil 53 oz jar
Two to three pouches zatarain's crab boil in a bag, comes in a small box
6 lemons cut in half
6 large onions cut in half
6 whole garlic pods just cut the tip off
1 - 2 lbs smoked sausage

Put all in water about 2/3 filled in pot. Put burner on high with lid on bring to rolling boil. While waiting on water to boil. Put crawfish in ice chest and keep a hose running in it to flush and clean the crawfish. When water is a hard rolling boil drain ice chest and dump crawfish in pot. Put lid on with flame still on high and bring back to boil. When water is back at a rolling boil keep boiling for three minutes then kill fire and keep lid on. Let soak for 25 minutes. Pull basket, drain, pour out on table to serve. Open lots of beer. Enjoy!

We do pretty much the same except we purge them with salt before hand (ie. while letting them soak, cover em in salt - gets all the bayou water out of them).

[ModSocks]

I was never a fan of Sea Food. After this thread i sure as **** won't be eating crawfish either.

Check heart for worms
Force them to puke before you boil them
Boil them alive

**** that, i'm out.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I'm craving seafood now!

[srvy]

Is Crawfish seafood? Around here we always found them in stagnant water in creek, rivers and lakes. They fed off whatever nasty scum was in the water.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Predarat

Zataran's makes good helpers, especially if its your first time making something.

It really adds some good flavor. Sometimes I'll use a little of it in a clam boil, as well.