Name: Old Bay Seafood Boil
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 14
Ingredients: Lemons, halved - 4; Sweet onions (such as Vidalia®), quartered - 2 medium; Serrano chiles, split in 1/2 lengthwise and seeds and membranes removed - 4; Garlic, peeled and halved - 2 heads; Fresh thyme, tied with string - 2 bunches; Seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®), or more to taste - 1 ⅔ cups; Kosher salt, or more to taste - 6 teaspoons; Bay leaves - 6; Medium red potatoes, cut in 1/2 - 3 pounds; Smoked kielbasa sausage, cut into 2-inch pieces - 5 (13 ounce) packages; Sweet corn, halved - 6 ears; Littleneck clams, scrubbed - 30; Jumbo shrimp, deveined, tail on - 4 pounds; Alaskan king crab legs - 2 ½ pounds

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Ingredients for - Old Bay Seafood Boil

1. Lemons, halved - 4

2. Sweet onions (such as Vidalia®), quartered - 2 medium

3. Serrano chiles, split in 1/2 lengthwise and seeds and membranes removed - 4

4. Garlic, peeled and halved - 2 heads

5. Fresh thyme, tied with string - 2 bunches

6. Seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®), or more to taste - 1 ⅔ cups

7. Kosher salt, or more to taste - 6 teaspoons

8. Bay leaves - 6

9. Medium red potatoes, cut in 1/2 - 3 pounds

10. Smoked kielbasa sausage, cut into 2-inch pieces - 5 (13 ounce) packages

11. Sweet corn, halved - 6 ears

12. Littleneck clams, scrubbed - 30

13. Jumbo shrimp, deveined, tail on - 4 pounds

14. Alaskan king crab legs - 2 ½ pounds

How to cook deliciously - Old Bay Seafood Boil

1. Stage

Fill a very large stockpot fitted with a basket insert with about 8 quarts of water, or about halfway full. Squeeze lemons into the water, tossing the halves in too. Add onions, chiles, garlic, thyme, seafood seasoning, kosher salt, and bay leaves; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

2. Stage

Stir potatoes into the pot and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

3. Stage

Next, add sausage and corn; cook another 5 minutes, making sure everything stays covered with the liquid. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

4. Stage

Add clams and boil until they open, about 8 minutes. Toss in shrimp and shut off the heat. Cover the pot and let shrimp steep in the flavor for 10 minutes, adding crab in the last 5 minutes (press them into the liquid). Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

5. Stage

Drain and spread crab, shrimp, sausage, clams, corn, potatoes, and onions out on a newspaper-covered table or on three large serving trays. Sprinkle with a dusting of Old bay or provide for individual use. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios