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- Old Bay Seasoning, 1 Pound
- Seafood Boil with Corn and Potatoes
- Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart’s Shrimp Boil with Corn and Potatoes
- Ingredients
- 4 lemons, halved
- 6 bay leaves
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons Old Bay seafood seasoning
- 2 large garlic heads, halved horizontally
- 6 medium onions, peeled and quartered
- 2 dried chilies
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 16 sprigs fresh thyme, tied together with kitchen twine
- 1 pound clams
- 1 pound mussels
- 2 pounds new red potatoes, unpeeled, halved if large
- 8 ears fresh corn, shucked and broken in half
- 2 pounds tail on shrimp, uncooked (frozen is OK)
- 6 lobster tails, uncooked (frozen is OK)
- 2 pounds spicy Cajun style Andouille sausage (whole)
- Butter, salt and pepper, hot sauce and French bread for serving
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