- Allow 7 minutes for a one-pound lobster and
add one minute for each 4 ounces. A One
and a half-pound lobster will cook in 9
minutes.
- Lobsters will turn a bright red when
cooked. Remove lobsters from pot with
a pair of tongs.
- Allow at least 2, One pound lobsters
per person since a 1 pound lobster
offers only 4 ounces of meat.
- Serve the sweet boiled
shellfish with a dip mixed with
olive oil and fresh lemon; don’t
Seafood Boil
Optional
forget the oyster crackers.
smoked
- For authentic boil, line table
From George Hirsch Living it UP! TV series
sausage, corn
& new
with yesterday’s newspaper.
To Serve a Seafood Boil:
potatoes
- offer lemon-water finger
Add crabs, shrimp and clams.
bowls for each person.
Add to water, 2 bottles of beer, 1 head fresh chopped
garlic and 1/2 cup Old Bay, If you like it spicy add
dried hot pepper flakes, or chapped jalapeño.
Add seafood in stages for different cooking times.
VIDEO: Watch George preparing mussels.
Shellfish Cooking Times:
Blue Claw Crabs (cut up)- 5-7 minutes
Shrimp (shell on) 2 minutes
Steamers or Littlenecks- 5-7 minutes
To Boil Lobsters:
- Fill a large pot three-quarters full of cold
water and cover.
- A good rule of thumb is to allow 21/2 quarts of
water for each lobster. Two or more lobsters
will cook in the same time providing the pot is
large enough. When in doubt use two pots.
- Bring the water to a rapid boil.
- Lobsters should be alive with the safety
bands left on the claws. Drop the live lobsters
one at a time head first, let the water boil again
and cover the pot. Now you will begin to time
the cooking.
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