Old Bay Seafood Boil Recipe

Fill a very large stockpot fitted with a basket insert with about 8 quarts of water or about halfway full. Squeeze lemons into the water tossing the halves in too. Add onions chiles thyme garlic 1 2/3 cup seafood seasoning 6 teaspoons kosher salt and bay leaves; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

Stir potatoes into the pot and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Next add the sausage and corn; cook another 5 minutes making sure everything stays covered with the liquid. Add the clams and boil until they open about 8 minutes. Toss in the shrimp and shut off the heat. Cover the pot and let the shrimp steep in the flavor for 10 minutes adding the crab in the last 5 minutes (press them into the liquid).

Drain and spread the crab shrimp sausage clams corn potatoes and onions out on a newspaper-covered table or on 3 large serving trays. Sprinkle with a dusting of Old Bay® or provide for individual use.