Char grill crayfish tails over a fire on the beach

Dwayne’s Barbecued Crayfish

Dwayne caught and cooked the crayfish.

SPICY CRAYFISH RISOTTO made with a crayfish caught on the Great Barrier Reef

It was while sailing the Howard Group of Islands in the Great Barrier Reef that we caught our first crayfish. We arrived there after lunch, shortly after catamaran ‘Miss Polly’, and jumped straight into the beautifully inviting water for a snorkel. Dwayne bagged an approximately three kilo crayfish. Yay!

Gerry and Polly from ‘Miss Polly’ joined us on the beach, for a cook up, where we all enjoyed crayfish until we were full and still had some left over!

Polly and Gerry

To cook it,  Dwayne simply cut the tail down the centre and washed it in the sea.

Dwayne’s Barbequed Crayfish, Queensland, Australia

He then spread it with garlic and butter…

barbecue crayfish over a fire on the beach

…and cooked it on the BBQ over a small fire.

Char grill crayfish tails over a fire on the beach

We enjoyed a few drinks and a bonfire while we waited for it to cook.

Great Barrier Reef Island

Fire on the beach cooking crayfish.
We cooked the head/legs of the crayfish on hot coals.

 

 

 

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