Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil – Rachel Cooks®

Basic Shrimp Boil

In the event you’ve ever been fortunate sufficient to have an genuine Lowcountry boil—properly, you’re fairly darn fortunate! It’s a traditional coastal Southern dish stuffed with unpeeled shrimp, smoked sausage, corn on the cob, and entire potatoes, all boiled collectively in a flavorful broth. It’s usually served outdoor on a desk coated in newspaper as a result of it may well get fairly darn messy. (You might comprehend it as a shrimp boil or Frogmore stew.)

However what if you happen to don’t have the time or area to arrange a standard Lowcountry boil? What if it’s a Tuesday evening after work? Otherwise you’re not typically a fan of consuming off newspaper? That’s the place this sheet pan shrimp boil recipe is available in!

Simple Shrimp Boil on a Sheet Pan

Simple sheet pan recipe. A sheet pan shrimp boil has the identical scrumptious flavors as the unique, however with a lot much less trouble and cleanup. Technically it’s not boiled, however in my humble opinion, roasting is even higher! And also you don’t must serve it on newspaper.

All the pieces you want for a whole dinner. Like my mini meatloaf sheet pan dinner and sausage sheet pan dinner, this sheet pan shrimp boil has protein, carbs, and veggies all on one pan. You gained’t must make a number of sides for a well-rounded meal! (Though if you happen to do need to add one thing further, I share some concepts beneath.)

Fast and simple to arrange. In the event you’re an everyday round right here, you’ll have observed that I LOVE a sheet pan dinner. As with this scorching honey hen sheet pan dinner, the entire course of is a breeze, making it best for busy households. Cleansing up is simple, too.

Customizable. Modify the seasoning mix to your tastes, change up the proteins, attempt totally different veggies—don’t be afraid to make this recipe your personal.

Ingredient Notes

• Child potatoes: In the event you can’t discover child potatoes, you need to use bigger ones—simply lower them to a smaller dimension. You need to use a waxy potato selection for this recipe, somewhat than a starchy one.
• Shrimp: Medium or giant, with the tails on or off—however do peel and devein them. Frozen shrimp are wonderful; thaw them beneath chilly working water.
• Corn: Freshly shucked corn on the cob is at all times greatest, however frozen will work in a pinch when recent corn is out of season.
• Smoked sausage: You need to use one other kind of sausage if you happen to’d like, however smoked sausage provides a extremely incredible taste.
• Olive oil: A necessity for sheet pan dinner, oil retains every part from sticking and helps the potatoes get crispy and golden.
• Seasonings: Outdated Bay seasoning is a should for genuine Lowcountry taste! That is rounded out with garlic powder, smoked paprika, dried thyme, and black pepper.
• Lemon: Slice the lemon into wedges. A squeeze of recent lemon is at all times a welcome addition to seafood.
• Recent parsley: Sprinkle chopped parsley over the baked dinner for recent taste and to enliven the colour.

How one can Make Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil

Put together. Preheat your oven to 425ºF and whisk collectively the seasonings in a small bowl.

Season the potatoes. Toss the potatoes with a tablespoon of oil and a tablespoon of the seasonings. Be certain they’re very well-coated. Bits that aren’t oiled gained’t get as crispy!

Begin cooking. Switch the potatoes to a sheet pan, spacing them evenly. Roast for quarter-hour. 

Season the corn and sausage. Whereas the potatoes roast, toss the corn and sausage with a tablespoon of oil and a tablespoon of seasoning.

Add the corn and sausage. Unfold the potatoes and sausage across the potatoes. Bake for 10 minutes extra.

Season the shrimp. We’re within the house stretch! Toss the shrimp with the remainder of the oil and seasoning. 

End. Add the shrimp to the pan and cook dinner for 8 to 10 minutes, or till the shrimp are pink and curl right into a C-shape. The C ought to be free—the shrimp mustn’t curl to the purpose that the tail touches the physique, as this can be a signal that it’s over-cooked.

Serve. Garnish with parsley and lemon wedges, then serve.

Recipe Variations

• Make it spicier. I examined this sheet pan shrimp boil with and with out cayenne, and I most popular it with out. However if you happen to like your seafood boil slightly spicier, you may add a pinch (or just a few pinches) of cayenne to the seasoning combine. 
• Drizzle it with butter. Lots of people like their seafood boil to be completed with melted butter or garlic butter. You possibly can serve this sheet pan shrimp boil with a facet of butter for dipping or drizzle some over the whole pan earlier than serving if you happen to’d like.
• Attempt one other seafood. Not a fan of shrimp? Swap in crab legs, lobster claws, or clams—simply modify the cooking instances accordingly. You might even use salmon or one other agency fish if you happen to like.

What to Serve With Shrimp boil

Refrigerate: Retailer any leftover sheet pan shrimp boil in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3 days. I like divvying up leftovers into hermetic containers with cooked rice for meal prep lunches. (I don’t suggest freezing this recipe, as potatoes have a tendency to not freeze properly and the shrimp will seemingly get robust after freezing and reheating.)

Reheating: You possibly can switch the leftovers to a small sheet pan or baking dish, cowl with foil, and bake at 350ºF till the shrimp are simply warmed by. (If mandatory, take away the shrimp from the pan and proceed cooking the remainder till it’s additionally heat.) You can too use the microwave if you happen to’d like, but it surely’s extra vulnerable to over-cooking the shrimp.

• Preheat oven to 425°F.

• In a small bowl, mix Outdated Bay, garlic powder, smoked paprika, thyme, and pepper to make seasoning mix.

  2 tablespoons Outdated Bay seasoning, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon smoked paprika, ½ teaspoon dried thyme, ½ teaspoon coarse floor black pepper

• In a big bowl, toss the halved child potatoes with 1 tablespoon olive oil, and 1 tablespoon seasoning.

  16 oz. child potatoes, halved

• Unfold the potatoes evenly on the ready sheet pan and roast within the oven for quarter-hour.

• Whereas the potatoes are roasting, toss the corn and smoked sausage in a big bowl (use the identical one you used for the potatoes) with 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon seasoning. Put aside.

  3 ears corn, every ear lower into quarters, ½ pound smoked sausage, sliced into ¼ -inch rounds

• After the potatoes have roasted for quarter-hour, take away the sheet pan from the oven. Add the corn and sausage to the pan, spreading them evenly across the potatoes. Return the pan to the oven and roast for an additional 10 minutes.

• In the identical giant bowl, toss the shrimp with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon seasoning.

  16 oz. medium or giant shrimp (16/20), peeled and deveined

• After the corn and sausage have roasted for 10 minutes, take away the pan from the oven. Add the shrimp to the pan, spreading them out evenly. Return the pan to the oven and roast for a further 8 to 10 minutes, or till the shrimp are pink, opaque, and curled in a C-shape.

• Take away the sheet pan from the oven, and garnish with recent parsley and lemon wedges.

  2 tablespoons chopped recent parsley, 1 lemon, sliced into wedges

• Serve instantly.

• Potatoes: Any kind of waxy potatoes will work, comparable to crimson potatoes, Yukon gold, child potatoes. Keep away from starchy potatoes like russets. If the potatoes are bigger, lower them into approx. 1 inch cubes earlier than tossing with seasoning.
• Make it spicy: In the event you like your seafood boil slightly spicier with extra of a Cajun really feel, you may add a pinch (or just a few pinches) of cayenne to the seasoning combine. You might additionally substitute my Cajun seasoning for the spice combination on this recipe.
• Served with butter: You possibly can serve this sheet pan shrimp boil with a facet of melted butter for dipping, or drizzle melted butter over the whole pan earlier than serving if you happen to’d like.

Energy: 525kcal, Carbohydrates: 39g, Protein: 35g, Fats: 27g, Saturated Fats: 7g, Polyunsaturated Fats: 3g, Monounsaturated Fats: 15g, Trans Fats: 0.01g, Ldl cholesterol: 223mg, Sodium: 636mg, Potassium: 1153mg, Fiber: 5g, Sugar: 6g, Vitamin A: 608IU, Vitamin C: 44mg, Calcium: 127mg, Iron: 4mg

Diet data is routinely calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.

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