This is a simple and easy low country boil recipe (AKA Lowcountry Boil or Frogmore Stew recipe). Low country boil is a one pot seasoned southern dish with andouille sausage, shrimp or any seafood, corn, and potatoes.
What is Low Country boil?
Low country boil is perfect for a picnic, potluck, or laid back dinner party because it's simple and easy.
This is a basic southern recipe. Any shellfish (crawfish, clams, crab, mussels, etc...) can be added to a lowcountry boil.
Eat Low Country boil as is or serve with a variety of sauces: hot sauce, cocktail sauce, garlic butter sauce, or lemon wedges.
The "stew" (as in Frogmore Stew) is misleading because it's not stewy at all. Low country boil is simply a bunch of cooked seafood, sausage, corn and potatoes drained from its seasoned liquid and laid out "picnic style" on a large table of newspaper. It's a "free for all" serve yourself.
Short History Of The Low Country
Lowcountry boil and Frogmore Stew are the same thing.
Frogmore is a small community on the sea Island of St. Helena in Beaufort County, South Carolina. It used to be the actual name for all of St. Helena at one point and is also one area for the coastal African American Gullah Geechee community.
The Low Country (AKA Lowcountry) refers to (geographically) a low lying region off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in portions of Georgia and South Carolina that includes sea islands and the coast line.
Easy Low Country Boil
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This is a simple and easy low country boil recipe (AKA Lowcountry Boil or Frogmore Stew recipe). Lowcountry boil is a one pot seasoned southern dish with andouille sausage, shrimp, corn, and potatoes.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 8
- Category: Dinner, Lunch, Main Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American, Low Country
- Diet: Dairy-Free, Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 2lb smoked Andouille sausage, sliced into 1" pieces
- 2 ½ tablespoon Old Bay Seasoning
- 2 lb small potatoes, whole (fingerlings pictured)
- 8 ears corn, each ear cut into 3 pieces
- 2 ½ lb shrimp, peeled (optional) & deveined
- salt
Instructions
- Bring a LARGE pot of water to a boil (fill it ⅔ way so there's room for all the ingredients to eventually go in). If you don't have a large pot then you may have to use 2 pots.
- Generously salt the boiling water and add Old Bay seasoning, potatoes, and andouille.
- Cook on a low boil uncovered for ~ 20 minutes or until potatoes are soft and add corn.
- Cook for ~ 2 minutes and add shrimp.
- Cook an additional 3-4 minutes or until shrimp are done.
- Drain and serve on a table covered with newspaper or kraft paper
. Add salt to taste. Happy Low Country Boil Eating! Beckie
. Add salt to taste. Happy Low Country Boil Eating! BeckieThings In My Kitchen:
- Kraft Paper - To throw all the Low Country Boil on to. No serving plates needed!
- Over The Sink Colander - For Straining your colander over the sink vs. letting it sit in a messy sink.
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Serving Suggestion
Serve this easy Low Country Boil recipe with a complimentary Southern dish like:
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