Cajun Boiled Shrimp Recipes

CAJUN SHRIMP BOIL

In New Orleans, a seafood boil, the Southern tradition of gathering around a newspaper-lined table to eat large amounts of boiled shellfish with your bare hands, is all about salt and spice. In the words of Jared Austin, a Mississippi riverboat pilot and seafood-boil master, ''Nothing about any of this is subtle - people standing around the pot should sneeze and cough.'' The key to a successful shrimp boil is layering ingredients into the pot so that everything is done cooking at once: First add the potatoes and sausage, then the shrimp, then the frozen corn to bring the temperature down and prevent overcooking. Let it all soak to absorb the salt and spice, then dump it out onto the table and eat with copious amounts of rémoulade. While this recipe can easily be halved, it's a simple - and extraordinarily fun - way to feed a crowd. Just remember to heed Austin's advice: ''Don't be afraid of cayenne. Don't be afraid to let your nose run.''

Provided by Samin Nosrat

Categories seafood, main course

Time 1h15m

Yield 10 to 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

Cajun Shrimp Boil image

Steps:

Fill a very large (24-quart) pot with 8 quarts of water set over high heat. Add seasoning pouches, cayenne, salt, onions and celery. Squeeze lemon juice, and add wedges. Break garlic into cloves, and discard excess skin, then add unpeeled cloves. Cover the pot, and bring to a rolling boil.
Lay corn on a baking sheet in a single layer, then place in freezer.
Taste the water after it comes to a boil. It should be very heavily salted and spiced, with a bright orange foam (when standing near the boiling pot causes you to cough, it's spicy enough).
Add potatoes and sausage to the pot, and let the water return to a boil. Turn off heat, and allow to soak for 10 minutes or until potatoes are barely tender when pierced with a knife. Bring the water to a boil, and add shrimp. Cook for 3 minutes, then turn off heat, add corn and allow to soak for 7 minutes. Drain, and serve immediately with rémoulade (preferably on a newspaper-lined table).

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 379, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams, Carbohydrate 50 grams, Fat 5 grams, Fiber 7 grams, Protein 38 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 1326 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams, TransFat 0 grams

Ingredients

3 (3-ounce) Louisiana or Zatarain's brand seafood-boil seasoning pouches
1/4 cup cayenne-pepper powder
1 1/2 cups kosher salt (or 2/3 cup fine sea salt)
2 yellow onions, peeled and halved through root
3 celery ribs, cut into 3-inch pieces
2 lemons, quartered
4 heads garlic
6 ears corn, shucked and cut into 3-inch pieces
2 1/2 pounds small (2-inch) red potatoes
2 12-ounce kielbasi, cut into 3-inch pieces
6 pounds shrimp, preferably with shells on

CAJUN SHRIMP BOIL

Quick! Scoop into a bowl with juice and peel-n-eat away or pour over steamed white rice.

Provided by lisam12777

Categories Seafood Shellfish Shrimp

Time 25m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

Cajun Shrimp Boil image

Steps:

Bring tomato sauce, seafood sauce, water, chicken broth, clam juice, and garlic to a boil in a saucepan; add butter and stir until melted. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Add shrimp to sauce and cook until shrimp is cooked through, about 5 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 197.9 calories, Carbohydrate 16.9 g, Cholesterol 110.1 mg, Fat 9.7 g, Fiber 2.3 g, Protein 11.7 g, SaturatedFat 5.6 g, Sodium 1494.6 mg, Sugar 11.8 g

Ingredients

1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (8 ounce) jar seafood sauce (such as McCormick® Cajun Seafood Sauce)
1 cup water
½ cup chicken broth
½ cup clam juice
1 teaspoon minced garlic
3 tablespoons butter
1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
½ pound shrimp, with shell and deveined, or more to taste

CAJUN-STYLE BROILED SHRIMP

Shrimp, the most versatile seafood, is now the most popular in America, and there is no wrong way to eat it. Wild shrimp from the Pacific or the Gulf of Mexico is a treat if you can find it. Fresh local shrimp from Maine or the Carolinas is an even rarer gem. (These are all preferable from a sustainability perspective.) A vast majority, of course, is farmed and frozen. If you buy it ''individually quick frozen'' in resealable bags, you can take out only as many as you want and thaw them by leaving the shrimp in the fridge for 24 hours or running them under cool water for an hour or less. Here, it is made Cajun with cayenne, paprika and garlic and quickly broiled.

Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories dinner, easy, lunch, quick, main course

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 9

Cajun-Style Broiled Shrimp image

Steps:

Turn on the broiler, and put the rack close to heat.
Mash 1 garlic clove with 1 teaspoon salt until it forms a paste.
Add to it 1/2 teaspoon cayenne, 1 teaspoon paprika, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 2 tablespoons olive oil and lots of black pepper.
Rub paste all over 1 1/2 pounds peeled shrimp.
Broil, 2 to 3 minutes per side.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 187, UnsaturatedFat 7 grams, Carbohydrate 3 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 23 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 964 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams, TransFat 0 grams

Ingredients

1 garlic clove
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1 teaspoon paprika
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
lots of black pepper
1 1/2 pounds peeled shrimp
Lemon wedges