Easy Shrimp Boil
This Easy Shrimp Boil is smoked sausage, potatoes, corn, and fresh shrimp boiled together in a seasoned broth, then served coated in a rich and flavorful butter sauce!
Servings: 8
Calories: 755kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pack (3 ounces) Zatarain's crawfish, shrimp, and crab boil-in bag seasoning
- 2 package (12.8 ounces each) smoked sausage, or kielbasa, cut into ½-inch slices
- 1 pound baby red potatoes, halved
- 3 ears corn, husked, each carefully cut into 4 sections (for a total of 12)
- 1 medium lemon, quartered
- 2 pounds medium uncooked shrimp, peeled, deveined, tails removed
Butter Sauce
- 1 ½ cups (3 sticks / 340 g) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large yellow onion, cut into half-moon slices
- 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup Old Bay seasoning
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Toppings
- 1 medium lemon, cut into wedges (for serving)
- parsley, for garnish
- additional Old Bay seasoning, to taste
Instructions
- Fill a large pot over medium heat with 3 quarts of water. Add the Zatarain's seasoning packet, smoked sausage, red potatoes, corn, and lemon. Simmer for 10-15 minutes, or until the potatoes are fork-tender. While this is simmering, prepare the butter sauce.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the sliced onion and cook for about 10-12 minutes, or until the onion is softened. Stir in the minced garlic and cook for an additional minute.
- To the butter sauce, mix in the brown sugar, Old Bay seasoning, and lemon juice. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
- When ready, add the shrimp to the pot and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes. Reserve ¼ cup of the liquid from the pot and set aside. (You will use this in the next step.) Drain the remaining liquid from the pot and discard the seasoning packet.
- Add the reserved broth to the butter sauce, stirring to combine.
- Place the contents of the pot of shrimp and sausage onto a serving platter, sheet pan, or table lined with butcher paper. Drizzle or pour the butter sauce over the seafood boil and serve with lemon wedges.
- Garnish with parsley and sprinkle additional Old Bay seasoning to taste.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 755kcal