Cooking with a Big Seafood Steamer Stock Pot

Cooking with a big seafood steamer stock pot is needed if you want more room for large amounts of seafood. If you are steaming Alaskan snow crab legs, crab claws, lobsters or a bunch of little neck clams you need a large seafood steam stock pot.  The best crab steamer pots are the large pots that come with steam control valves.  These special stock pots steam cook the seafood to perfection with all the natural flavors that are left in the food and not boiled away.

To steam, start with about an inch of water at the bottom, then add your lobster, snow crab legs, clams, fish fillets or shrimp. To season, we suggest Old Bay seafood seasoning, garlic, onions and parsley. You can add vegetables like corn, potatoes and rice to the steamer basket that comes with the large stock pot sets. The Old Bay seasoning features a premium blend of 18 herbs and spices including celery salt, red and black pepper and paprika to add beloved, unmatched taste that enhances any chef-inspired recipe. Kosher with no added MSG.  Another fantastic seafood seasoning we suggest is the wonderful Phillips Seafood Seasoning which is Maryland’s world famous shrimp, fish and crab cake seasoning. The ingredients are celery salt (celery seed), spices including pepper, mustard, allspice (pimento), cloves, bay (laurel) leaves, cardamom, ginger, cinnamon (cassia), and paprika.

After seasoning, continue steaming the seafood.  The waterless cookware lid will have a steam control valve at the top for steaming the seafood.  The special lid creates a vapor seal to hold in the steam.  The steam control valve in the waterless lid will whistle when it is time to turn off the heat.

Directions for Waterless Stock Pot Cooking:  Add only a little water at the bottom, then add your seafood and cover with the lid.  Make sure the steam control valve is open.  Start on medium heat, never high heat. When the whistle sounds,  close the valve and turn off the heat.  The seafood will finish cooking in the steam with the valve closed.

Seafood Steamer Stock Pots