Whether you refer to them as crawfish, crayfish or craw-daddies, these 3 to 5-inch crustaceans, the small freshwater version of a lobster, make a perfect picnic dinner with friends when paired with cold beer. For dark beer lovers, I suggest Samuel Smith Imperial Stout – strong in taste, maybe a little overwhelming for crawfish, but still good. For girls who like something nice and soft – Italian Ale is a perfect match. Contessa Italian Pale Ale is my favorite, it is a bit fruity and very smooth.

I give you my recipe for hot and juicy boiled crawfish, but you can use your imagination in adding spices or seasonings to the boiling water. People in New Orleans use everything from cayenne pepper, garlic, lemons, thyme, onions, to prepared blends of seasonings. After cooking crawfish, remove the heads from the tail section and then, grasping the crawfish behind the claws, turn them stomach side up and twist the tail section. The shell will break, and the sand vein can be pulled out easily.





Hot & Juicy Crawfish with Beer
Ingredients
- 2 gallons of a wager
- 5 pounds of live crawfish (washed and cleaned)
- 1 lemon, cut in half
- 1 large onion, quartered
- 7-8 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1/2 cup or more if you like very spicy Cajun Crawfish Boil Seasoning (Louisiana, Zatarain’s)
- 5 Tbsp. salt
- cayenne pepper to taste
Instructions
Bring water to a boil in a large pot with onion, garlic, Cajun seasoning, and lemon. Add crawfish, cover pot and bring to a boil again; cook about 15 minutes after the water reaches second boil.
Remove crawfish and sprinkle salt and cayenne pepper over boiled crawfish. Serve warm or at room temperature and provide picks or small forks to extract the crawfish meat.
Notes
Butter, lemon, salt, and additional Cajun seasoning are all great condiments for a crawfish boil.
Corn on the cob and yang unpeopled potatoes may be added just before adding crawfish.

3 Comments
Rosa's Yummy Yums
June 28, 2013 at 2:50 pmSomething I'd lve to taste! I lve the name craw daddy. There's something so cute about it… 😉
Cheers,
Rosa
La Table De Nana
June 28, 2013 at 4:15 pmA fest for certain..I love ta,king photos of lobsters..these are cuter..My husband loves different beers as much as wines..
Yummy post Yelena..Bon Weekend~
Anonymous
June 29, 2013 at 6:37 pmI love crawfish… Love the clicks!! Have a nice weekend Yelena 🙂