Seafood boil with Garlic butter Sauce is one of the most delicious recipes. This spicy sauce can be added to any seafood boil. You can also use it on the side for dipping the deliciousness in.
Seafood Boil Sauce
Many people simply throw the cooked seafood in melted butter and spice it up while it cooks. This easy recipe will allow you to cook seafood with a different seafood dipping sauce.
Gather ingredients for the Seafood Boil
Before we start making Seafood Boil, we must make sure you have all the ingredients. This makes cooking so easy! Here’s what you will need.
- Seafood: Shrimp, crab legs, and all other seafood.
- Sausage: You can skip this ingredient if it is not your favorite. This recipe used beef sausage. In some recipes, they’ve used chicken sausage and meatless sausage to make this recipe.
- Red potatoes: They are the best choice because they don’t get so mushy. If you have ordinary (russet) potatoes, you can use them. Reduce the cooking time and boil time to make them mushy.
- You can use corn on the cob frozen. I also use fresh corn on the cob. You can make more by cutting it in half, but you don’t have to.
- You can also add boiled eggs to your recipe. I have received photos of people adding broccoli and other vegetables. It’s great! Get creative and create what you want.
Ingredients
Seafood Boil:
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5 clusters Snow crab legs
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16 oz (450g) shrimp, peeled & deveined
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16 oz (450g) Andouille sausage, sliced
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6–7 corn on the cob, cut into halves or thirds
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6 red potatoes, quartered if large
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1 onion, peeled and quartered
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1 lemon, sliced
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3 Tbsp garlic, minced
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2 cups butter (for sauce, see below)
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4 Tbsp olive oil
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2 cups chicken broth (for sauce, see below)
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¼ tsp Tabasco sauce
For Boiling Water:
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5 Tbsp Old Bay seasoning
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Juice of 1 whole lemon
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3–4 bay leaves
Garlic Butter Sauce:
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2 cups butter
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4 Tbsp olive oil
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1 onion, finely chopped
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3 Tbsp garlic, minced
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3 Tbsp Old Bay seasoning
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1 whole lemon, juiced
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2 cups chicken broth
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3 Tbsp paprika
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1 Tbsp cayenne pepper
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1 Tbsp lemon pepper seasoning
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1 Tbsp red pepper flakes
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¼ tsp Tabasco sauce
Instructions
1. Prep the Boil
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Fill a large stockpot with water, leaving plenty of room for the seafood.
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Add Old Bay seasoning, bay leaves, onion, and lemon juice. Bring to a rolling boil.
2. Cook the Veggies & Sausage
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Add potatoes and corn to the boiling, seasoned water. Cook for 10 minutes.
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Add Andouille sausage and cook 5 more minutes.
3. Add Crab Legs & Shrimp
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Add crab legs to the pot. Cover and simmer for 8–10 minutes.
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Add shrimp in the last 3–4 minutes (they’re done as soon as they turn pink).
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Drain the pot well. Remove bay leaves and lemon slices.
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Transfer seafood, potatoes, corn, and sausage to a large serving tray or sheet pan.
4. Make Garlic Butter Sauce
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In a large skillet or saucepan, heat 4 Tbsp olive oil and 1 stick of butter over medium heat.
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Add the chopped onion and sauté until soft and translucent, 3–5 minutes.
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Add the garlic and sauté just until fragrant (30 seconds).
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Stir in remaining butter, paprika, Old Bay, cayenne, lemon pepper, red pepper flakes, Tabasco, and lemon juice. Let butter melt fully.
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Add chicken broth, stir, and let simmer for a few minutes to combine.
5. Serve
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Pour most of the hot garlic butter sauce over the seafood mixture and gently toss to coat everything well.
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Reserve some sauce for dipping on the side.
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Serve immediately—extra lemon wedges and crusty bread for sopping up the sauce are highly recommended!
Tips
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Adjust spice level by increasing or reducing cayenne and red pepper flakes.
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You can swap or add your favorite seafood—lobster tails, mussels, or clams all work.
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Make cleanup easy: serve on a large lined baking sheet or cover your table with parchment paper for a true boil-style feast.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Seafood Sauce
What is a seafood sauce?
A butter sauce that is made from butter and garlic and then flavored with herbs and spices, cooked seafood sauce is also known as butter sauce. This buttery and spicy recipe goes well with all seafood.
How to make your seafood sauce spicier
You can spice it up by adding more spices. This recipe will increase the heat by adding one tablespoon of Cajun spice to the mixture and another tablespoon cajun pepper.
Seafood boil sauce versus Bloves Sauce
You can try Bloves sauce if you like, but this is a different sauce. Bloves sauce, a type of seafood sauce, is made by a Youtuber named Bloves. Bloves sauce is a combination of herbs and spices, with Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, and chicken broth. This seafood sauce doesn’t contain these ingredients.
Preservation, freezing and heating seafood boil sauce
This sauce can be stored in an airtight container for up to two weeks. Once ready to heat, place the sauce on the stove and cook until you are satisfied.
This sauce can be frozen for up to 5-6 months.
What to serve with seafood boil sauce
The sauce can be used as a dipping sauce for cooked seafood, or you can toss it in a pot of seafood. This sauce can also be used on steaks and vegetables, especially with cucumbers.
What spice blend do I need to cook the seafood?
This easy seafood sauce is delicious when you add lots of spices. Because it’s a seafood butter sauce, you will need butter, lemon juice, onions, garlic, and butter.
A seasoning mix will be prepared with ingredients like garlic powder, complete spice, ginger, thyme and lemon pepper.
If you like spicy seafood sauces, the above amounts can be adjusted to increase their spice.
To make it even more flavorful, you can add red pepper flakes and spice from the old Bay to the mixture.
Different types of seafood sauce
Many other sauces can be made from the sauce mentioned above. They will go well with seafood, meat, and vegetables. Here are some suggestions:
- Louisiana Seafood Sauce: My favorite. To make a Louisiana seafood sauce that pairs well with boiling seafood, you can leave the sauce alone and add bay leaves, this Louisiana Hot Sauce, and lemon slices.
- Cajun Seafood Sauce: Cajun seafood sauce: This sauce can be transformed by omitting the butter, onion, and garlic base and substituting Cajun spices for all other ingredients.
It is important to make a delicious sauce when you cook seafood. This will help to ensure that your seafood boils are flavorful.
This sauce is amazing and can be used with any type of seafood. This sauce is also great for meat and vegetables and is easy to make!
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