1. Soak live crawfish in fresh cool water for about ½ hour, removing dead crawfish. Drain and soak again for a further ½ hour. 2. Bring large pot of water to boil. 3. While crawfish are soaking prepare vegetables – chop carrots into long pieces. Cut onions in half. Chop sausage into long pieces. 4. Add 2 cups of crab boil to water. 5. Put potatoes, garlic, onions, carrots and sausage into basket and drop into the water. Boil for 10 minutes. Add corn and mushrooms and cook for another 10 minutes. 6. Take vegetables out and put into ice chest to keep warm. 7. Add another 8 cups of crab boil to the water and the two bottles of liquid crab boil, to boil the crawfish in. 8. Dump crawfish into basket (that the veggies were in) and when the water is back boiling drop the crawfish. 9. Cook crawfish for 4 minutes (timed once the water gets to boiling point again). 10. Turn off heat and allow crawfish to soak in the pot for a further 10 minutes. 11. Remove crawfish. 12. Serve immediately with vegetables, crackers and seafood dip.
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Source: [Crawfish Boil](https://thecaglediaries.com/how-to-boil-crawfish/)
**Ingredients:**
* 1 sack (+/-40lb)Live crawfish
* 3lb Red Potatoes
* 3lb Onions
* 6 Bulbs Garlic
* 3lb Carrots
* 3lb Whole Corn
* 16oz Whole Mushrooms
* 3lb Smoked Sausage
* 10 cups (Zatarains) Crab Boil Seasoning
* 8 oz bottle (Zatarains) Lemon shrimp & crab boil
* 8 oz bottle (Zatarains) Garlic & onion shrimp & crab boil
* 2 Whole Oranges, halved
* 2 Whole Lemons, halved
**Instructions:**
1. Soak live crawfish in fresh cool water for about ½ hour, removing dead crawfish. Drain and soak again for a further ½ hour.
2. Bring large pot of water to boil.
3. While crawfish are soaking prepare vegetables – chop carrots into long pieces. Cut onions in half. Chop sausage into long pieces.
4. Add 2 cups of crab boil to water.
5. Put potatoes, garlic, onions, carrots and sausage into basket and drop into the water. Boil for 10 minutes. Add corn and mushrooms and cook for another 10 minutes.
6. Take vegetables out and put into ice chest to keep warm.
7. Add another 8 cups of crab boil to the water and the two bottles of liquid crab boil, to boil the crawfish in.
8. Dump crawfish into basket (that the veggies were in) and when the water is back boiling drop the crawfish.
9. Cook crawfish for 4 minutes (timed once the water gets to boiling point again).
10. Turn off heat and allow crawfish to soak in the pot for a further 10 minutes.
11. Remove crawfish.
12. Serve immediately with vegetables, crackers and seafood dip.