Garlic Crab Legs


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crab_legsGarlic Crab Legs – This extraordinary recipe for king crab legs, is brushed with a homemade lemon garlic butter, while cooking. The butter recipe is included, and also doubles as the perfect dipping sauce, for this best crab legs recipe!

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Main Ingredient: Crab Legs
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Garlic Crab Legs

6 pounds frozen Alaskan King, 16 legs crab legs
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 clove peeled garlic
kosher salt
1 medium lemon

Directions to make Garlic Crab Legs

Step 1:

Begin by pre-heating the oven to 400 degrees. In a small pot melt the butter with the garlic and a pinch of salt over low heat. Then add the lemon juice and keep the pot on very low heat.

Step 2:

Put the frozen crab legs exposed crabmeat up into two 9 by 13 inch pans and brush them all over with the melted butter-lemon juice mix.

Step 3:

Bake for about 30 minutes brushing the exposed crabmeat a couple of times with the butter mixture.

Step 4:

There should still be some lemon garlic butter left over, to use for dipping sauce.

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