Steamed Crawdads Recipe
Steamed Crawdads Recipe
Recipe by: Johno Prascak
Ingredients
- 2- 1LB. packages of frozen fully cooked & cleaned crawdads
- 4 cups of water
- 4 oz. beer
- 4 oz. wine (beer and wine can be substituted with orange juice and apple cider)
- 3-4 sprigs of fresh dill
- 1 orange-quartered
- 1 lemon- quartered
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground or fresh ginger
Toppings
- 1 stick of butter- melted in microwave
- squirt of lemon juice, herbs of choice, anything with garlic is good!
- 1/2 cup zesty cocktail sauce
Directions
- Thaw crawdads prior to steaming by running under warm water
- In a steamer pot, combine all ingredients except crawdads and toppings
- Add to bottom of steamer, bring to boil and cook for 2 minutes
- Place steaming insert inside pot, add crawdads and steam for 2 minutes
- Serve with zesty cocktail sauce and hot melted lemon butter! Yum!