Low Country Boil
Low Country Boil
This is truly a one meal, for the time it takes potatoes to cook, the meal is ready. You can tailor this for as many or as few people as you are serving. This is just a base recipe, you can add or replace items to suit your taste. Adding items will increase the cost however. Links to the shortcuts are listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 1 kilo potatoes, cut into large pieces
- 1 kilo smoked sausage, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 4 ears sweat corn, cut each ear into 3 pieces
- 1 1/4 kilos fresh shrimp, whole, or you can remove heads if you want
- 4 bay leaves
- 1/4 cup Old Bay seasoning, OR make from a shortcut, reserve 1 teaspoon aside
- lemons, cut into wedges
- melted butter
- cocktail sauce, OR make from a shortcut, optional
Instructions
- Fill a large pot with water, about 8 quarts (liters) and bring to a boil.
- Add the Old Bay seasoning and bay leaves, reserve 1 teaspoon of Old Bay for use later. Place the potatoes in the water and cook for about 8-10 minutes or until they are just beginning to soften when pierced with a fork. Then add the sausage and cook for another 5 minutes. Then add the corn and the corn and cook for another 5 minutes. Finally, add the shrimp and cook for 3-4 or until the shrimp is pink and cooked through.
- Remove everything and drain well and place on a large platter or two (or just put down some newspapers on a table if eating outside). Sprinkle the remaining Old Bay over the meal and drizzle with melted butter. Set out lemon wedges as well. For the butter, you can also serve melted butter in individual small bowls for each person. Optional, serve with cocktail sauce.
Notes
One kilo of smoked sausage is between 100 and 200 Baht depending on where you get it from, I will use 150 Baht as an estimate here. Shrimp go with about 150 Baht as well, much less if you can get from a local fisherman. Corn and potatoes, you can get them locally. This comes to $2.20 per serving for 4 servings, and about $1.50 per serving for 6 servings. Not a cheap meal but would be a hit for visiting friends and family.
Variants, add fresh clams, add fresh crabs or just large crab claws.
Shortcuts: Old Bay Seasoning, Cocktail Sauce.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
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