Cooking Cajun Food - Boiled Crabs recipe

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Ingredients :

• 12 live blue crabs
• 2 lemons, quartered
• 8 new red potatoes
• 4 small ears fresh corn
• 4 small yellow onions
• 1 cup salt
• ½ cup ground red pepper
• ½ cup ground white pepper
• ½ cup ground black pepper

Preparation and Cooking Instructions :

1. Fill a large (10-quart) stockpot one-third full with water.
2. Add the lemons, potatoes, corn, onions, salt, and peppers. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Let boil for 10 minutes.
3. Add the crabs, (if blue crabs are not available, substitute other small to medium crabs), cover, and return to boil.
4. Once steam starts to escape from under the cover, let cook for 15 minutes.
5. Turn off the heat and let sit, covered, for 10 minutes more.

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