# Poor Man's Seafood Boil

A simple and budget-friendly seafood boil that's perfect for a quick weekday meal.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- potatoes
- corn
- Cajun sausage
- shrimp
- steamed broccoli
- sliced yellow onion
- olive oil
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- cayenne pepper
- smoked paprika
- lemon and herb seasoning
- melted butter
- thyme
- oregano
- basil
- lemon pepper
- brown sugar
- water or hot sauce

## Instructions

1. Boil potatoes and corn until the potatoes are fork tender.
2. Fry some Cajun sausage in a pan until browned.
3. In a large bowl, add shrimp, sausage, corn, potatoes, steamed broccoli, and sliced yellow onion.
4. Add some olive oil and season with onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, smoked paprika, and lemon and herb seasoning.
5. Get everything in that bowl nicely coated in all of the seasoning.
6. Distribute everything into aluminum pans.
7. Make the sauce by adding garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, oregano, basil, lemon pepper, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, and brown sugar to some melted butter.
8. Mix that together.
9. Add water or hot sauce to break up the seasoning.
10. Drizzle the sauce on top of the ingredients in the pans.
11. Put the pans in the oven at 425 for about 20 minutes.

## Equipment

- pan
- tongs
- large bowl
- spoon
- aluminum pans
- oven

## Tips

- If you wanted to do boiled eggs, you would add the eggs in as well.
- Let the broccoli steam for about 10 minutes.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-11-22

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