Sheet Pan Low Country Boil
Sheet Pan Low Country Boil (Broil) – Our easy recipe offers the irresistible flavors of a classic crab and shrimp boil, but everything is on a baking sheet in the oven for better texture. You’ll love this convenient way to cook your southern seafood!
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Why We Love This Sheet Pain Shrimp Boil Recipe
I love an old-fashioned Low Country Boil recipe! Traditionally prepared in a big pot filled to the brim with corn, potatoes, seafood, and spices, the finished product is often dumped out on a newspaper-covered table for casual enjoyment.
Low Country Boil is usually made one of two ways… It’s heavily seasoned and steamed in a large kettle, for easy table dumping. Or it’s cooked like a soup, and either ladled out of the broth, or served in soup bowls with the broth. Both ways are fantastic… However, this season I thought it would be fun to cook a Sheet Pan Low Country Shrimp Boil baked in the oven.
Why, one might ask? I’ve got a few great reasons:
- Not everyone has a giant stock pot, or multiple stock pots, for large-batch party cooking. Yet most people have multiple rimmed sheet pans.
- You make less of a mess in both serving and eating Sheet Pan Low Country Boil, than with the traditional method. Another reason it’s perfect for parties!
- When you steam or boil the ingredients, everything comes out with a similar texture. Yet when you roast the ingredients, the potato skins are slightly crispy, the shrimp are tender yet firm with succulent crab meat, and there’s just a lot more textural diversity.
- Most cooks like to keep their kitchens as cool and steam-free as possible in the summer months. Cooking a sheet pan low country boil in the oven means there’s no standing over a boiling stockpot.
One pan of baked shrimp boil feeds six to eight people. Yet for larger gatherings you can prep and cook several sheet pans all at once!
Ingredients You Need
- Jumbo raw shrimp – fresh or previously frozen and thawed
- Snow crab legs – fresh or previously frozen and thawed
- Turkey kielbasa sausage – or pork sausage, if you prefer
- Baby potatoes – left whole with the skins on
- Ears of corn – shucked, cleaned, and cut into 3-inch discs
- Onion – sliced into wedges
- Olive oil – or other high-heat neutral tasting cooking oil, like canola or avocado oil
- Old Bay seasoning – a combination of spices that include (but aren’t limited to) paprika, celery salt, cinnamon, and pepper
- Lemons – halved
- Butter – unsalted, melted
- Parsley – chopped, to garnish
- Salt and pepper – a bit of both to season to taste
How To Make This Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil Recipe
- Preheat the oven and line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the potatoes on the baking sheet, drizzle with oil, and season with salt and pepper. Roast them in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prep the sausage, onions, and corn.
- After the potatoes have roasted, add the sausage, onions, and corn to the sheet pan. Sprinkle with Old Bay seasoning and place the shrimp boil in the oven for 10 more minutes.
Get the Complete (Printable!) Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil Recipe Below. Enjoy!
- Move the sausage and veggies to the sides of the sheet pan. Spread the shrimp across the middle of the pan in a single layer. Sprinkle with Old Bay Seasoning. Then lay the crab legs across the shrimp. Place back in the oven for approximately 5 minutes, or until the shrimp are pink.
- Remove from the oven. Drizzle the entire pan with the juice of half a lemon and melted butter. Toss to coat. Then garnish with parsley and extra lemon.
Even left on the sheet pans, the presentation of a baked shrimp boil is glorious… Piles of pink shrimp, succulent crab legs, kielbasa sausage, potatoes, onions, and corn, dripping with butter and spice. Who can resist?
Party Planning Tips
Aside from making the low country boil recipe in the oven to save time and effort, here are my top party planning tips for the season…
Plan ahead. I usually make my meal plan and grocery list three or four days ahead, so I have time to add things as I remember them.
Shop smart. We all hate to waste money, right? You can find nearly everything you need for a party at at a significant discount. Wine, beer, produce, Cheese, Dips, protein for grilling, spices, baking ingredients, you name it.
In fact, I found the ingredients for this Sheet Pan Low Country Boil at ALDI, including the crab legs! You will save so much money at ALDI, you can afford to invite more people to your event.
Cook ahead. I roast the crab and shrimp boil in the oven on the day of the party, so it is as fresh as possible. However, I usually plan easy side dishes, desserts, and even beverages I can make the day before. That way, I can enjoy the cooking process and am not stressed when my guests arrive.
Be flexible. When it’s all said and done, you want to have fun at your own gathering. Even if you clean your house, set out stunning decorations, plan games, and entertainment, and cook the perfect meal, there still might be a little bump along the road.
Having the right mindset (i.e. not expecting perfection) when party planning allows you to go with the flow when guests show up late and bring tag-alongs. Or when Uncle Larry drops red wine down grandma’s back.
Over the years, I’ve learned a sense of humor is the most important element of hosting a fabulous party.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Most people usually eat this as a stand-alone meal, but you can also add some side dishes to make a more well-rounded meal for the whole family!
Some options would be a tossed green salad, a piece of french or sourdough bread, potato salad, or coleslaw.
Leftovers from a baked shrimp boil can be stored in an airtight container and kept in the fridge for up to 2 days.
Cooking, freezing, thawing, and reheating seafood is always a risky choice… The tastes and textures just aren’t the same. I recommend eating soon after broiling, or keeping leftovers in the fridge for only a day or so.
Looking for More Easy One Pan Recipes? Be Sure to Also Try:
- Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto Recipe
- One-Pot Spinach Ricotta Pasta Recipe
- Chicken Bog (Rice Pilaf Recipe)
- One Pot Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe
- Instant Pot Italian Chicken Orzo Recipe
- One-Pot Sloppy Joe Noodle Skillet Recipe
- Rustic Hungarian Goulash Recipe
- One-Pot American Goulash Recipe
- Easy Szechuan Beef Recipe
- Best Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
- Smothered Chicken Recipe (Chicken and Gravy Recipe)
- Pesto Chicken Tortellini (Baked Tortellini Recipe)
- Spicy Shrimp Ramen Noodles Recipe
- Homemade Hamburger Helper Recipe (Cheeseburger Macaroni)
- Carne Guisada Recipe (Con Papas)
Get the Complete (Printable!) Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil Recipe Below. Enjoy!
Sheet Pan Low Country Boil (Broil)
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds Sea Queen Jumbo Raw Shrimp, thawed
- 1 1/2 pounds Sea Queen Snow Crab Legs, thawed
- 1 pound Fit & Active Lean Turkey Kielbasa Sausage
- 1 pound baby potatoes
- 4 ears corn
- 1 onion
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning
- 2 lemons, halved
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the potatoes on the baking sheet and drizzle with oil. Salt and pepper, then roast in the oven or 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cut the sausage into 1/2-inch slices. Slice the onion into 1/2-inch wedges. Cut each ear of corn into 4 pieces.
- After the potatoes have roasted, add the sausage, onions, and corn to the sheet pan. Sprinkle with Old Bay seasoning and place back in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Move the sausage and veggies to the sides of the sheet pan. Spread the shrimp across the middle of the pan in a single layer. Sprinkle with Old Bay Seasoning. Then lay the crab legs across the shrimp. Place back in the oven for approximately 5 minutes, or until the shrimp are pink.
- Remove from the oven. Drizzle the entire pan with the juice of half a lemon and melted butter. Toss to coat. Then garnish with parsley and extra lemon.
Easy great recipe. Wife wanted the dish and I found this recipe and fixed it for our Anniversary/ Valentine’s celebration. What a big hit. Thanks
After 43 years my wife is sick of cooking so I told her I would cook Sunday dinner. She laughed because all I know how to cook is scrambled eggs. I love Low Country Boil, but wanted to have it broiled. I googled a recipe and came up with this. I skipped the crab legs because wife is allergic. The only other deviation I had to make was cooking time. Needed longer for the potatoes and corn. It was absolutely delicious. Wife was shocked I made it. Will be making it again!
Around here (West Coast of Canada) it would be fresh shrimp & Dungeness crab parts which I love. Thanks for the recipe
Delicious! Loads of flavor and crispy taters. Definitely going to use this recipe again.
I did heat the oven to only 420 though, as that is the max recommended temp for my parchment paper.
Is there a substitute for the Snow Crab Legs ?
Hi Carol!
You can either omit the crab legs or add in 1.5 lbs of any other shellfish such as lobster or clams.