Monday, January 21, 2019

Southern Recipe from Daughter in the South - Low Country Boil

A few years ago, my daughter, Shannon, introduced my family to a
classic southern mess of dinner. It's a delicious mixture of seafood and homestyle ingredients suitable for summer outings, casual dinner with friends, or a family meal with the taste of the south.
It's called a Low Country Boil. She created it and dumped in on a pile of newspapers and brown bags.  It tasted really good and I've wanted to make it ever since.

Today was the day. I found a simpler and less messy version  on Pinterest because I am fond of not reinventing the wheel.  Once I found a suitable recipe, I dove into the process.
Check this out at damn delicious:
https://damndelicious.net/2017/02/13/sheet-pan-shrimp-boil/

The basics are boiling new potatoes, or a small mixture of them,  for 10-13 minutes or so. Add the corn during the last five minutes.
Put everything else on a non-stick pan and brush the butter, garlic, and Old Bag seasoning mixture over everything. Put in the oven for approximately 12-15 minutes.

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Serve with a green salad and bread and I guarantee you everyone at your table will be satisfied. I love the textures of the different foods. The pan lined with non-stick aluminum foil lends itself to an easier clean up than dumping all that food on newspapers and paper bags.

Thank you, Shannon, for a "delish" dinner.

Lessons Learned:
1. If you are a shrimp lover, add more to this recipe. :)
2. The potatoes and corn might get a little overdone if you add time to the suggested time in the recipe.
3. Go to a restaurant when you are visiting the south and try an authentic Low Country Boil dinner.

A northerner trying the southern ways,





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