Crawdad Appetizer

by bravoechonovember1 in Cooking > Snacks & Appetizers

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Crawdad Appetizer

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Have you ever had crawdad in a big bowl? well if you want the culinary perfection of that this is the dish for you!

"crawdad" is what I call crayfish, crawfish, mudbugs, freshwater lobsters or any other name

Photo Contest!

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get the profile pic of one of the instructables staff or a significant instructables member and put it on the crawdad

you could win a 3 month instructables PRO membership!

Catch a Crawdad!

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catch a crawdad in a creek near you!

Ingredients

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ingredients

  1. two or three crawdads
  2. lots of spices

tools needed

  1. a knife
  2. a pot of water

Kill the Crawdad

since we aren't boiling the crawdads whole we need to kill the crawdads. just a swift chop of the head should do it but it still will move a bit.

Cut Off Its Tail and Claws

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cut off the back of the crawdad or its "tail" then cut off its claws

Take Off Its Exoskeleton

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Boil Water and Cook Meat

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get a pot of water and get it boiling (it's not boiling in the picture) then put the meat in

Leave it in for 4-5 minutes

Spices!

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get a whole bunch of spices and put it in the water, I used garlic powder, lots of salt, chile powder and chives (chives not recommended)

Presentation!

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get a plate a piece and put the boiled meat on it and add a piece of wild spearmint. (also smear some bbq suace on the plate)