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Who: St. Mary’s Altar Sodality
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Shrimp Boil

Ingredients

  • 4 gal. water
  • 3 lemons quartered
  • 3 garlic cloves broken apart
  • 1-1/2 lbs. small onions peeled
  • 1/2 C. salt
  • 1 bag shrimp boil seasoning
  • 5 lbs. small potatoes washed
  • 3 lbs. Kielbasa sausage cut into 2-3" pieces
  • 9 ears fresh corn broken in half
  • 2-3 lbs. shrimp

Instructions

  • Heat the water in a large pot.
  • Add next 5 ingredients to water and bring to a boil.
  • Add the Kielbasa and potatoes. Cook for 20 minutes.
  • Next add the corn and cook 10 more minutes.
  • Lastly, add the shrimp. Bring to a boil and cook 3 minutes.
  • You can lay several layers of newspapers on the table and dump the strained shrimp boil on the papers, or if you have plenty of platters they can be used instead.