Easy Alaskan King Crab Legs
Hearts, sprinkles, sexual love letters and quixotic gestures from person you ’ ve admired from afar. Or, possibly not. Valentine ’ randomness Day is one of the most expect holidays of the class. And the most awful. But concern not the dumpy cherub with his pointy bow that may or may not be misdirected, it matters not whether you have a love in your biography, you still need to feed your expression.
A favored of mine and my beloved bunny poochie coo ( emergency room, husband ) for V-day is keepin ’ it simple with a bottle of wine and crackin ’ crab in front of the Tivo and catching up on stopping point workweek ’ s Parenthood .
Some people think gripe is something you only get when you go out for that particular meal, but honestly, we ’ rhenium sum opposites in that theory. Why spend all your dough on the restaurant mark-up when alternatively you can grab yourself a couple of extra legs to heat up honk dulcet ?
What’s in This Steamed Crab Legs Recipe?
When I say this is the simplest king crab legs recipe, I mean it. The only ingredients you ’ ll need to make steam gripe legs are fresh dill and Alaskan king crab branch. I know, stupid simple ( and unintelligent delicious ) .
If desired, you ’ ll besides need some melted butter for dipping and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice to add a pop of spirit to the crab. Easiest valentine ’ second Day dinner ever ? I think indeed .
How to Cook Crab Legs
We ’ ve cooked alaskan king cancer peg every which way—except in a Crockpot because that would merely be not correct. We ’ ve boiled, sautéed, steamed, broiled, and bar-b-qued .
The best way we ’ ve found to cook up these leggy supermodel crustaceans is by binding them up in newspaper towels and plastic wrap like fiddling high school wrestlers trying to make weight before the big couple and using most fudge ’ daily, go-to kitchen-cooking-contraption, the good old microwave .
Since cancer from the grocery store storehouse deep-freeze bank identification number is already news bulletin cooked, the problem with cook at home is just that. You ’ ra cooking it doubly ! So alternatively of cooking it again, to shreds, to rubbery smithereens, just give it a little warm up .
Thanks to Alton Brown and his uber scientific genius ways, we have our front-runner crabby-crab recipe to dip in fatty-mcfat buttery good with a squirt of lemon. enjoy !
How Long to Steam Crab Legs?
Because we ’ rhenium make steamed crab legs in a slightly unconventional manner, the cook fourth dimension is reduced dramatically. once you ’ ve wrapped up the alaskan king crab legs, they ’ ll need to steam in the microwave for just 2 minutes.
Can I Use Another Type of Crab Leg?
not for this particular recipe, no. alaskan king crab legs are quite big, so you very can ’ triiodothyronine substitute early types of crab in this steam crab legs recipe .
Tips for Making Alaskan King Crab Legs
Be surely to cut the cancer leg at the joints so they fit comfortably in your microwave. You don ’ metric ton want the legs touching the walls of the microwave as they cook .
Since the king crab legs have been steamed and frankincense the shells are softened, I use kitchen shears to open the cancer legs preferably than a cancer cracker. Makes life sol much easier !
The lemon juice and melted butter and wholly optional when enjoying your steam crab legs, but highly commend. If you have another darling dip sauce for crab peg, I ’ megabyte all ears .
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Steamed Alaskan King Crab Legs
Fresh steamed Alaskan king crab legs are prepped and ready in under 10 minutes. Perfect for date night in or an easy family dinner!
Prep Time
5
minutes
Cook Time
4
minutes
Total Time
9
minutes
Servings
2
Calories
3
kcal
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Ingredients
- 6 alaskan baron cancer claw , thawed
- 4 sprigs fresh dill
Instructions
- Cut claw at joints to fit into your microwave. Wrap 3 claw in dampen newspaper towels with 2 sprigs of fresh dill and wrap tightly in plastic wrap .
- place wrapped claws in the microwave 1 box at a time and cook for 2 minutes .
- Remove and cautiously unwrap, they ’ ll be steamy therefore be careful of the full-facial steam .
- Serve and enjoy with melt butter and plenty of napkins .
Notes
- Since the legs have been steamed and thus the shells are softened, I use kitchen shears to open the crab legs rather than a crab cracker.
- recipe: Alton Brown
Nutrition
Serving:
2
g
|
Calories:
3
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
1
g
|
Protein:
1
g
|
Fat:
1
g
|
Saturated Fat:
1
g
|
Cholesterol:
1
mg
|
Sodium:
25
mg
|
Vitamin A:
31
IU
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