#Luisana clawfish how to#

Not my dad, he can eat 10 pounds or more. Personally, I can only eat 3 pounds by myself at one sitting. Usually 3 pounds per person is good unless you invite a big eater to your crawfish boil party like my dad. How many pounds of Crawfish do you need per person?

You might want to smell it before eating it. You can tell if the crawfish are dead by the tails being straight.Īlso, sometimes if you take a head off of a cooked crawfish and its brown and dark looking it might be rotten. If you find dead crawfish in your sack discard them.

#Luisana clawfish how to#

We soak the crawfish for 2-3 minutes, then rinse the crawfish many times until the water runs clear.Īnd believe me when you buy crawfish that aren’t pond raised you can taste the difference if you don’t purge the crawfish until they’re CLEANED thoroughly! How to tell if Crawfish are bad? We use a large ice chest with a top and place a board at the bottom under one side this helps the dirty water to drain. This is IMPORTANT – Do NOT skip this step!! Crawfish excrete waste through their gills so you need to purge them. We prefer a firm rope type sausage like the kind from Rouses Supermarket or Manda Smoked Sausage. My family’s fave is sausage lemon, garlic, onions, celery, bell peppers, and mushrooms.Īdditionally, I have been asked several times what kind of sausage is best for the crawfish boil.

My family sometimes add sausage, andouille, hot dogs, artichokes, bell peppers, onions, whole garlic, lemon, oranges, celery, pineapple, cauliflower, mushrooms, and broccoli too.Īlso, I have seen people poke holes in cans of green beans and other veggies (paper removed) and put them into their boils.Ī crawfish boil should be a fun event so just pick a few of your favorite ingredients to add to the boil to make it an easy crawfish boil, don’t stress, and enjoy! Being from New Orleans, I know many families have their unique way of boiling Crawfish.

Honestly, you can add anything you like to your crawfish boil.