Low Country Shrimp Boil Recipe Perfect for Summer Time!

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One of my favorite recipes that reminds me of home is a good low country shrimp boil recipe.  Sure this low country shrimp boil is great for summer, but honestly our family enjoys it any time of the year. That might be because sometimes even in the dead of Minnesota winters we need a little reminder of sunshine and warmer times!

When I was growing up, I used to joke that the ingredients in the low country shrimp boil recipe were just there to make the shrimp the star. Even as young as ten years old, I could seriously put away a pound of shrimp all by myself. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized the awesomeness in the whole pot. I’ve only made this recipe for my kids a few times, and I guess they follow a little bit after their mom. They are always fighting over who gets the most shrimp. Guess I can say that the apples don’t fall too far from the tree!

A few tips about this recipe, you will need a really large stock pot to make sure you can fit all the ingredients in. We love our extra large stockpot with steamer basket. It makes it so much easier to get all the good out! If you don’t have a large stock pot, you can always use two regular “large” pots that come with most cooking sets. That’s what I did last night for dinner because I couldn’t find my extra large stock pot for the life of me. Everything still cooked on time, and there was MORE than plenty of the low country shrimp boil for everyone to enjoy. In fact, I’m going to be enjoying some leftovers for lunch today. YUMMO!

Before you dive into the recipe, make sure you check out my homemade peach iced tea recipe, or my strawberry infused tea recipe, they are both great ways to pair a fun (and of course easy) beverage with this shrimp boil. You can make the tea the night before, and serve it up over ice once all the yummy stuff in the pot is ready to go. Finish the meal off with these homemade lemon bars or orange creamsicle popsicle recipes for the perfect ending to a warm summer family get together!

Now enough delay, let’s get on with the serious bidness that is this low country shrimp boil recipe. Don’t be intimidated it’s STUPIDLY easy, and just a matter of dropping goodies in a pot and waiting the right amount of time. It’s almost as easy as making crockpot Low Country Shrimp Boil! (hmmm maybe that’s another recipe I can make for you guys!)

In the future, we are going to play around with this recipe a little bit and add other goodies like garlic and maybe something fancy like crab legs. Not sure why crab legs makes a dish fancier, but it always seems fancy when a Chinese buffet has crab legs. Like it’s some elite crab leg club or something. Maybe it will work for this recipe too. Fancy crab legs of awesomeness boil or something!

Low Country Shrimp Boil Recipe

Ingredients:

• 3 pounds of raw unpeeled shrimp
• 6 ears of sweet corn on the cob (cut into thirds)
• 2 T Old Bay Seasoning
• 2 links Kielbasa sausage (cut into 4 inch pieces)
• 10 red potatoes

Directions:

• Fill a large pot with water and add Old Bay seasoning, bring to a boil
• Once boiling, add potatoes and sausage. Boil for 20 minutes
• Add corn, and boil for additonal 10 minutes
• Add shrimp, and boil for final 2-3 minutes until shrimp is pink
• Drain water and serve

Low Country Shrimp Boil: Amazing with fresh sweet corn!

★★★★★

5 from 3 reviews

• Author: Ash Sears | Quirky Inspired
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 1 hour
• Yield: 8

Ingredients

• 3 pounds of raw unpeeled shrimp
• 6 ears of sweet corn on the cob (cut into thirds)
• 2 T Old Bay Seasoning
• 2 links Kielbasa sausage (cut into 4 inch pieces)
• 10 red potatoes

Instructions

1. Fill a large pot with water and add Old Bay seasoning, bring to a boil
2. Once boiling, add potatoes and sausage. Boil for 20 minutes
3. Add corn, and boil for additonal 10 minutes
4. Add shrimp, and boil for final 2-3 minutes until shrimp is pink
5. Drain water and serve