Low Country Seafood Boil and Cheddar Bay Biscuits

Ever have a recipe that lingers in your recipe box for far too long, nearly begging to be made? Well I had wanted to make this recipe for quite some time. The ingredients are rather expensive so not one of your everyday meals, if you’re thrifty like me. For years now anytime I would browse a southern coastal magazine I would find families and friends gathered, usually outside in glorious sunshine, around a low country seafood boil. I loved how easy it seemed and how relaxed everyone was in the photographs, paid models I presume... Anyway, last fall out on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, I made my first seafood boil. I recall thinking it was a perfect place to try it out with our friends, the Andersons. My thought was they are extremely loving and incredibly forgiving if it should be a flop. To our delight, it was a huge success! At that dinner table a promise was made that no matter near or far, when our families gather together in the future, we will definitely share many more seafood boils.

The photo above is from when I made the seafood boil for my husband’s family as our Christmas Eve dinner.

Original Recipe Yield 15 servings

Ingredients

I typically like to half this recipe for our family and the Andersons. At Christmas I made as a whole recipe since it was a big gathering.

• Old Bay Seasoning TM to taste
• 2 lemons
• cayenne pepper to taste
• whole cloves to taste
• bay leaves 3 or4 of them
• 5 pounds new potatoes
• 3 (16 ounce) packages cooked kielbasa sausage, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 8 ears fresh corn, husks and silks removed
• 5 pounds whole crab, broken into pieces
• 4 pounds fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
• newspapers

Melted butter and garlic salt for dipping

Directions

1. Heat a large pot of water over an outdoor cooker, or medium-high heat indoors. Add Old Bay Seasoning, whole cloves, cayenne pepper to taste then add lemons, bay leaves and bring to a boil. Add potatoes, and sausage, and cook for about 10 minutes. Add the corn and crab; cook for another 5 minutes, then add the shrimp when everything else is almost done, and cook for another 3 or 4 minutes.
2. Drain off the water, and pour the contents out onto a picnic table covered with newspaper. Grab a paper plate and enjoy! Allrecipes

Cheddar Bay Biscuits

Ingredients

• 4 cups baking mix
• 3 ounces Cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 1/3 cups water
• dash of Old Bay Seasoning (1/8 tsp will work for a dash)
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• 1/2 cup melted salted butter
• 1/4 tsp Old Bay Seasoning
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/8 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/8 teaspoon dried parsley

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the baking mix, cheese, Old Bay Seasoning, and water . Mix until dough is firm. Using a small scoop, place dough on the prepared pan.
3. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
4. Combine the melted butter, garlic powder, onion powder, Old Bay Seasoning, and parsley. Brush over baked biscuits immediately upon removing from oven. Allrecipes