Boiled crayfish

A classic and beloved recipe for a great snack. Delicious and healthy home-cooked crayfish. A traditional beer snack and simply a hearty and nutritious delicacy for children and adults. Help yourself!

Ingredients

• Lobster, crayfish 3 kg
• Bay leaf 3 pcs.
• Peppercorns 20 pcs.
• Lemons 1 pc.
• Dill to taste
• Salt to taste

Directions

1. We prepare all the ingredients according to the list. Before cooking crayfish under running water, brush the shell of silt and dirt with a brush.
2. Step 2. Take a large saucepan, pour water into it and add salt. An important point when cooking crayfish is how much salt to add? For 5 liters of broth, 2.5 tablespoons of salt are used.
3. Step 3. Throw in the bay leaf, peppercorns, squeeze the lemon, you can add tarragon.
4. Step 4. Pour the crayfish into boiling water, holding the tail upside down. It is worth saying that you cannot cook dead crayfish, otherwise you can get poisoned by decomposing meat. Before sending the crayfish to the pot, they must be moving and actively stirring. Be sure to remember that you can only cook fresh and live crayfish!
5. Step 5. Add the dill, cook the crayfish for 30-40 minutes over low heat with the lid closed. Although the cooking time can be different and depend on the size of the crayfish. So how many crayfish to cook? Large ones are cooked for 45 minutes, medium - 35 minutes, small - 25 minutes. Meat of tails and claws is used for food. The tail is rightfully considered the most delicious part in boiled crayfish, although the rest of the parts, apart from the mustache and shell, are also edible. We take out the finished crayfish from the broth.
6. Step 6. That's it! Boiled crayfish can be stored in the refrigerator for 2-3 days, no longer.
7. Additional herbs, spices, vegetables, which are added to the broth when crayfish are boiled, eliminate the specific smell that is often present in them after fishing from rivers and reservoirs. Excellent taste and low calorie content are not the only advantages of boiled crayfish meat. Among other things, it is very beneficial to human health. It contains calcium, phosphorus, iodine, magnesium, iron, as well as vitamins of group B, C, D, E and K. The protein contained in meat is easily digestible. Meat of tails and claws is used for food. The tail is rightfully considered the most delicious part in boiled crayfish, although the rest of the parts, not counting the mustache and shell, are also edible. Sometimes crayfish are boiled not just in water, but in beer, sour cream, milk, along with corn cobs.