Frogmore Stew
Frogmore Stew History - Frogmore Stew Recipe

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Frogmore Stew is considered a classic Low Country South Carolina dish. This dish is also know as Low-Country boil and Beaufort Stew. The dish gets its name from a place that has only a post office on one side of the road and a two-story white country store on the other. Frogmore is the mailing address for the residents of St. Helena Island just off the South Carolina coast. 

Beaufort historian, Gerhard Spieler believes that the recipe was the invention of local shrimpers who used whatever food items they had on hand to make a stew. Richard Gay of Gay Seafood Company also claimed to have invented Frogmore Stew. On National Guard duty in Beaufort in the 1960s, he was preparing a cookout of leftovers for his fellow guardsmen and he brought the recipe home to the community of Frogmore with him, putting out copies of the recipe at his seafood market and selling all the necessary ingredients. Frogmore Stew has become a current favorite at some fancy restaurants in Charleston and some of the resorts along the Carolina coast.

 

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Frogmore Stew Recipe - How To Make Frogmore Stew

Recipe Type: Shrimp, Soups & Stews, Pork, Corn
Cuisine: Low Country Foods
Yields: 8 servings
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min

Ingredients:

1 1/2 gallons water
Juice of one (1) lemon
Salt to taste
3 tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning
2 pounds sausage (kielbasa, etc.), cut into 1/2-inch slices
10 to 12 ears of corn on the cob, broken into 3-inch pieces
4 pounds uncooked shrimp in shell

Preparation:

In a large stock pot over medium-high heat, add the water, lemon, salt, and Old Bay Seasoning; bring to a boil.

Add sausage and gently boil, uncovered, 5 minutes. Add corn and cook and continue cooking an additional 5 minutes (begin timing immediately, don't wait until water is boiling).

Add shrimp and cook and additional 3 minutes longer. Remove from heat, drain immediately, and serve.

Yields 8 servings.