Boil

Boil recipes have been around since the days of early man. Boiling was one of the first methods of cooking food, and it is still a popular method today. Boiling food is a quick and easy way to cook it, and it can be done with a variety of different ingredients.

Boiling food was probably first done by accident. early man was probably cooking food over a fire, and at some point, some of the food fell into the fire. When early man saw that the food that fell into the fire was cooked, he probably started purposely putting food into the fire to cook it.

The first boil recipes were probably just water and food. early man would put water into a container and then put food into the water to cook it. This was probably the first method of boiling food.

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Recipes

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Sheet-Pan Shrimp Boil

  • ROASTED POTATOES
  • salt
  • yellow potato
  • olive oil
  • garlic
  • BROILED SHRIMP
  • parsley
  • lemon juice
  • paprika
  • seafood seasoning
  • lemon
  • black pepper
  • cayenne pepper
  • tail shrimp
  • olive oil
  • garlic
  • BROILED CORN
  • butter
  • ears corn
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Cajun Shrimp Boil

  • salt
  • cayenne pepper powder
  • kielbasi
  • lemon
  • onion
  • red potato
  • louisiana
  • celery
  • garlic
  • shrimp
  • ears corn
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Beer Shrimp Boil

  • water
  • shrimp seasoning
  • black peppercorn
  • salt
  • lemon
  • butter
  • shrimp
  • lager beer
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Cajun Shrimp Boil

  • red potato
  • shrimp
  • creole seasoning
  • thyme
  • onion
  • andouille sausage
  • butter
  • garlic
  • lemon
  • thyme
  • ears corn
  • cilantro
  • salt
  • salt
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Shellfish Boil with Spicy Green Dipping Sauce

  • salt
  • bay seasoning
  • smoked bacon
  • lime zest
  • sugar
  • white wine
  • lime juice
  • grapeseed oil
  • basil
  • mint
  • chili garlic sauce
  • shrimp
  • mussel
  • fennel bulb
  • littleneck clam
  • white vinegar
  • live lobster
  • onion
  • red skinned potato
  • serrano chile
  • vollrath boiler fryer
  • corn
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Crawfish Boil

  • potato
  • smoked sausage
  • bouillon powder
  • garlic
  • louisiana crawfish
  • parsley
  • creole seasoning
  • lemon juice
  • black pepper
  • garlic
  • onion
  • lemon
  • salt
  • crawfish
  • ears corn
  • bay leaf
  • water
  • butter
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Low Country Boil

  • cocktail sauce
  • black pepper
  • garlic aioli
  • salt
  • onion
  • lemon
  • smoked sausage andouille
  • shrimp
  • seasoning bay
  • garlic
  • red potato
  • parsley
  • cobs corn
  • chicken stock
  • butter
  • garlic
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Creole-Seasoned Seafood Boil

  • garlic
  • garlic
  • red potato
  • smoked paprika
  • beer
  • butter
  • shrimp
  • snow crab leg
  • zatarain smoked andouille sausage
  • brown sugar
  • lemon pepper seasoning
  • onion powder
  • zatarain concentrated crawfish
  • zatarain creole seasoning
  • bay leaf
  • lemon
  • corn
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Cajun Seafood Boil

  • cocktail sauce
  • hot sauce
  • creole seasoning
  • bay seasoning
  • worcestershire sauce
  • garlic
  • lemon
  • salt
  • waxy potato
  • onion
  • shrimp
  • cayenne pepper
  • ears corn
  • live crawfish
  • celery
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Crab Boil

  • salt
  • lemon
  • onion
  • garlic
  • crab
  • cayenne pepper
  • onion
  • corn
  • new potato
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Shrimp Boil

  • red potato
  • kielbasa sausage
  • garlic
  • garlic
  • lemon
  • onion
  • shrimp
  • bay seasoning
  • butter
  • water
  • lemon juice
  • ears corn
  • parsley
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Shrimp Boil with Three-Bean Salad

  • zest
  • salt
  • chickpea
  • shrimp
  • garlic
  • honey
  • thyme
  • cayenne pepper
  • olive oil
  • creole mustard
  • rice vinegar
  • bay leaf
  • water
  • edamame
  • yellow wax bean
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Crawfish Boil

  • black peppercorn
  • cayenne pepper
  • orange
  • bay leaf
  • salt
  • yellow mustard seed
  • onion
  • paprika
  • garlic
  • celery
  • live crawfish
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Shrimp Boil

  • red potato
  • onion
  • lemon
  • lemon
  • shrimp
  • bay seasoning
  • butter
  • andouille sausage
  • parsley
  • salt
  • ears corn
  • water
  • garlic
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Shrimp Boil

  • potato
  • shrimp
  • onion
  • clove
  • tabasco sauce
  • lemon
  • bay seasoning
  • salt
  • bay leaf
  • water
  • garlic

Ingredient Breakdown

 
garlic
salt
lemon
onion
shrimp
butter
ears corn
cayenne pepper
red potato
water
bay seasoning
parsley
corn
bay leaf
olive oil
lemon juice
black pepper
celery
black peppercorn
creole seasoning
thyme
paprika
new potato
smoked sausage
andouille sausage
mussel
rice vinegar
red skinned potato
potato
cocktail sauce
live crawfish
yellow potato
seafood seasoning
tail shrimp
cayenne pepper powder
kielbasi
louisiana
bread
shallot
crystal hot sauce
corn cob
shrimp seasoning
lager beer
cilantro
lime
ginger
yellow miso
mirin
vegetable oil
shichimi togarashi
soy sauce
sweet potato
green onion
green bean
smoked bacon
lime zest
sugar
white wine
lime juice
grapeseed oil
basil
mint
chili garlic sauce
fennel bulb
littleneck clam
white vinegar
live lobster
serrano chile
vollrath boiler fryer
bouillon powder
louisiana crawfish
crawfish
garlic aioli
smoked sausage andouille
seasoning bay
cobs corn
chicken stock
smoked paprika
beer
snow crab leg
zatarain smoked andouille sausage
brown sugar
lemon pepper seasoning
onion powder
zatarain concentrated crawfish
zatarain creole seasoning
hot sauce
worcestershire sauce
waxy potato
crab
kielbasa sausage
zatarain crawfish
shell shell shrimp
zest
chickpea
honey
creole mustard
edamame
yellow wax bean
orange
yellow mustard seed
clove
tabasco sauce

Insights

Common Ingredients

  • lemon 26%
  • onion 26%
  • salt 26%
  • shrimp 26%
  • butter 23%
  • garlic 23%

Rarey Ingredients

  • ears corn 17%
  • red potato 14%