Sarasota's Florida Boiled Seafood Pot

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 6 large sweet onions, cut in half
• 6 cobs sweet corn, cleaned and cut in half (i like corn, but get what looks good)
• 36 medium red potatoes
• 12 sausage links, cut in 1/3 's
• 2 (11 ounce) boxes frozen artichoke hearts
• 3 lbs mussels
• 3 lbs clams
• 5 lbs snow crabs
• 4 lobster tails (you can add more or less if you want)
• 4 lbs large shrimp, peels and tails on
• 4 lemons, cut in quarters
• 3 (12 ounce) bottles beer (now i just use miller or any inexpensive beer, you can always use water, i just like the flavor of t)
• old bay seasoning (3/4 cup old bay to 6 quarts of water, the amount of water depends on how many ingredients. i try to )

Recipe

• 1 method -- the only method to this is layering, one or two layers of an ingredient, cook a bit, then the next layers, cook, etc., it is very easy. drain, serve and enjoy! the only prep, is cutting the onions and lemons. when i buy my seafood, i also make sure the fish guy cleans my mussels and clams so i don't have to worry about that when i get home, but i do rinse them just to be safe but i don't have to clean them, just a quick rinse is all they need. the rest you can just throw inches.
• 2 rinse and brush your potatoes well. now large ones, i cut in half, medium to small, i just leave whole, either way. cut the large onions in half, thaw the artichokes and quarter your lemons.
• 3 boiling liquid -- add the beer and water to equal 6 quarts along with 3/4 cups old bay and bring to a boil.
• 4 as it starts to boil reduce the heat to medium high and add in the onions and potatoes and cover. add 1-2 lemon wedges. cook 5-7 minutes.
• 5 then add in the corn (cobs cut in half, silk cleaned), also the sausage links cut in 1/2 or 1/3'rds, cover again for 5-7 minutes.
• 6 then add in the artichokes and a couple lemon wedges, topped with lobster, mussels, clams, crab and more lemon and cover again, about 10 more minutes until the mussels and clams begin to open.
• 7 if you need more water, add another 3 quarts and 2/3 cup old bay and turn to high and bring to a boil, covered, and then reduce back to medium. just keep an eye on the clams and mussels. when they start to open is when you want to add the shrimp.
• 8 add the shrimp and the remaining lemon wedges, squeeze a couple on top of the shrimp, cover, and cook until the shrimp are pink and they begin to curl.
• 9 turn off the heat. done! just lift up the strainer, or drain if just using a pot on the stove or grill and pour everything on the table.
• 10 it is the best meal ever, and fun. now, i make a spicy cocktail sauce and a garlic herb butter, but use what you like. grill or just bake some bread to soak up the butter sauce and enjoy with the seafood. i served some roasted tomato soup with this once which was really good and then just a fresh tomato bread salad another time, so please serve what you like, but it is so much fun. and i say this serves 6 possible 8-10 depending of your guests, so have fun what you add.