Best , easiest way to cook Crawdads

[Tom Foley]

OK , I'm having my big BBQ and we have a donor for 50 lbs of crawdads , looking for the simplest / best way to cook / serve them . Let's hear from the experts !

 

[Ray Sametz]

http://bbqpitboys.com/recipes/crawfish-alligator-and-etouffee-steaks#.Vs8QpvkrKM9

 

[Ray Sametz]

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/crawfish-boil-recipe-for-40-to-45-pounds-of-crawfish-recipe.html

 

[bsmtboy2]

Steam em with some Old Bay seasoning. I am sure the Louisiana guys have their way of doing it too . They use Zatarans crawfish boil seasoning.

 

[Robert Pickard]

I like the recipe Ray showed

 

[BobLondress]

As they say in LA. You put them on a table and if they don't crawl off, don't cook them.

Another tip. After they are cooked, if the tail lays flat, don't eat them. Basically, when they hit the hot water, if they are alive, their tails curl up and stay that way. You do not want to eat dead shellfish.

 

[Joey Jones]

As they say in LA. You put them on a table and if they don't crawl off, don't cook them.

Another tip. After they are cooked, if the tail lays flat, don't eat them. Basically, when they hit the hot water, if they are alive, their tails curl up and stay that way. You do not want to eat dead shellfish.

ABSOLUTELY! Good point Bob!!

Don't eat crawdads with straight tails!

While I'm at it....use crab-boil.

Only way to do those mudbugs. Make sure you throw in some corn, onion, potatoes, and sausage...

-Joey

...and beer....LOTS of beer!!

 

[Tom Foley]

Thanks for all the replies guys !

 

[Joe Wiebelhaus]

Man o Man, I could hang with those guys, smokin, drinkin, cooking, eating all with a side arm, fantastic !

 

[Ray Sametz]

Man o Man, I could hang with those guys, smokin, drinkin, cooking, eating all with a side arm, fantastic !

 

[Andy Greene]

Man o Man, I could hang with those guys, smokin, drinkin, cooking, eating all with a side arm, fantastic !

I asked Foley over on S/F Joe, and he said the toy boat guys could come too -

That boil the Granis's made that year at Riverview was The Bomb