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I think its a matter of preference really. Personally, I prefer the liquid boil. Like others said, a little goes a long way. I find the liquid to be more spicy and have more of a kick which is what I like. Also, keep in mind that one bag doesn't equal one bottle. The liquid is VERY potent. I can boil 1lb. shrimp of with a little over a cap full and its seasoned to perfection. Its really a trial and error type thing to figure out which you prefer.
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I am a confirmed bag man (in the nice kind of way, I mean). All I had to do was look at the ingedients in each. I admit that there are times that the bottle would come in handy, many of them the suggestions made by other responders. I guess it depends on what you need it for. I use the bag for boiling everything from seafood to beef tongue, and I have no occasions that demand the bottle.
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re: vusi22
texasredtop
Jul 12, 2011 04:54 PM
I only buy the liquid version now because I add a splash of it to my red beans, to egg wash before frying shrimp, to seafood gumbo, etouffee, to butter for tossing potatoes in and roasting them and other dishes. A little goes a long way.
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re: texasredtop
sailornagy
Jul 13, 2011 06:59 PM
egg wash--what an excellent idea! I'll try that next time. I switched to liquid just because it's easier to keep (prefer bottles to powders) and add in like you say. It's good to add to your rice cooking water, too. I do a scant teaspoon per cup of uncooked rice if I'm serving with etouffee, gumbo, etc.
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re: sailornagy
texasredtop
Jul 14, 2011 05:42 AM
I made some crawfish cornbread a couple of months ago and put a little in the batter. It's a nice kick to anything seafood and some things not seafood. I think the best dish I like it in is the red beans.
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re: sailornagy
Zatarains did a crawfish boil demo at JF. They used pro boil(powder), liquid, bags in addition to the usual fresh garlic, lemons onions etc. The crawfish were excellent.
I use the liquid to boil potatoes for potato salad. I became addicted to spicy potato salad years ago when I used leftover pototes from a crawfish boil.
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re: JazzyB
texasredtop
Jul 14, 2011 06:14 PM
Take some raw potato chunks and toss them in a mixture of butter and liquid crab boil and roast them. Oh lordie, they're so good. Sometimes I use those and make a potato salad if there are any left.
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"Interchangeable" is the dangerous word here. One bag does not equal one bottle. The bottled stuff is very powerful stuff..You could use it for crowd control in a riot. More than a capful in a pot on the stove and you'll get people's eyes watering. For outdoor boil we usually use a full bottle and a couple of the bags for the first sack of crawfish. I agree with collardman. You just have to play a bit to get your preference...those last batches are going to get ramped up, too. I eyeball it but there are certainly a whole boatload of recipes Out There.
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I think this gets back to preferences.
They are two different tastes. I use the bags for boils but have occasionally added some liquid. Mostly I use liquid as a seasoning, not necessarily in a boil. The other use for liquid is that you can use a small amount if you are just doing maybe a pound of shrimp for a salad or other side dish.
