Easy to Make and Delicious Crab Legs Recipe

There are various crab legs recipe that you can try to make as this shellfish has very versatile meat that you can use to cook different kinds of dishes. Furthermore cooking the crab legs are also quite easy since the meat itself does not take too long to cook. Thus most of you will surely able to cook this delicious food fish by yourself at home. Not to worry as we have gathered the best recipe with detailed instruction that you can follow bellow. Now let us see each of the recipes that you can try.

Garlic and Butter Crab Legs RecipeIngredients:
-          Crab legs 2 lbs
-          Butter ½ cup
-          Garlic 5 cloves minced and pressed
-          Lemon juice from half of the fruit
-          Lime juice from half of the fruit
-          Olive oil 1/8 cup
-          Parsley dried
-          Salt
Crab Legs Recipe cooking directions:
1.      Before starting, remember to preheat your oven in 365 degree Fahrenheit setting.
2.      Take a small size saucepan then put it on top of the stove with medium low setting.
3.      Put inside the butter to melt it.
4.      Add the garlic then sauté it lightly.
5.      Pour inside the citrus juice then stir to mix.
6.      Turn down the heat into low setting and let the mixture to shimmer for a while.
7.      Add inside some parsley and salt to season it according to your liking.
8.      Pour inside the olive oil then whisk it using fork and turn of the heat afterwards.
9.      Take a baking dish then arrange the crab legs on top of the dish.
10.  Brush each of the crab legs using the garlic and butter sauce evenly.
11.  Pour the rest of the sauce on top of the crab legs.
12.  Put the baking dish into the oven in center rack for around 25 minutes depends on the thickness of the crab legs.
13.  Do not forget that you need to brush the sauce from the bottom of the baking dish to the top of the crab legs every five to seven minutes.
14.  Take out the crab legs from the oven and move it into serving plate using tongs then garnish it using parsley.
15.  Pour the reminding garlic and butter sauce into a small ramekin.
16.  Serve the crab legs with the garlic and butter sauce immediately.

Pepper Spicy Crab Legs Recipe
Ingredients:
-          Crab legs 3 pounds
-          Pepper
-          Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
-          Butter unsalted, 1 stick, cut into cubes
-          Garlic 6 cloves, chopped
-          Ginger peeled chopped into 10 pieces
-          Scallions 8 pieces then cut them to 2 inches size pieces
-          Jalapeno pepper, 4 red pieces, takes out the seeds then chopped it finely.
-          Sugar 2 tsp
-          Oyster sauce 2 tbsp
-          Soy sauce 2 tbsp
-          White rice
Crab legs recipe cooking directions:
1.      Cut each of the crab legs into 3 pieces using kitchen shears. Then cut on one of the shell sides of each pieces so the meat can easily be removed later on.
2.      Take a small size skillet then put it over the stove using medium high setting.
3.      Toast 2 tbsp of pepper then cook it until they become fragrant which usually takes around 2 minutes then take it off the stove and set the pepper aside.
4.      Take a large size Dutch oven then put it over the stove using medium high setting.
5.      Pour inside the vegetable oil as well as the butter to melt it.
6.      Add inside the jalapenos, garlic, scallions, and ginger.
7.      Season it with some sugars then cooks it while stirring until they become fragrant which usually takes around one minute.

8.      Add inside the crab legs pieces then season it with soy sauce as well as the oyster sauce.
9.      Toss and cook it until the crab legs are heated thoroughly which usually takes around 5 minutes.
10.  Put inside the previous pepper on the top of the crab legs then cook it more by tossing it for another minute.
11.  Put the crab legs into a bowl then serve it with white rice.

Beer Boiled with Butter Dip Crab Legs RecipeIngredients:
-          Crab legs 3 lbs
-          Beer 1 can
-          Old bay ¼ cup
-          Lemon 1 piece
-          Garlic 4 tbsp minced
-          Butter ½ cup
Crab legs recipe cooking directions:
1.      Take a large size pot then filled half of them with water and boil it.
2.      Pour inside the beer then add the old bay
3.      Put inside the crab legs then boil it for around ten minutes.
4.      Drain the boiled crab legs then place it on top of a large size platter
5.      Squeeze the lemon juice and sprinkle some old bay then set it aside.
6.      Take some ramekins then put inside each of the ramekins some garlic 1 tbsp minced and butter 2 tbsp.

7.      Put the ramekins into the microwave for 20 seconds then stir the mixture before butting it again into the microwave. Do this step until the butter is fully melted.
8.      Sprinkle some old bay into each of the ramekins.
9.      Serve the crab legs with the butter dip.
Those are several recipes that you can try to make by yourself at home. You know that the crab legs are very delicious shellfish which a lot of people love to consume. And sometimes, you just want to eat this food fish at home with some home cook meal. That is why; you might want to try and cook the crab legs by yourself at home. Not to worry too much as the crab legs are very easy to cook since the meat does not need a long time to be ready. Furthermore there are various methods that you can try to cook it, thus you can choose which methods that would be more suitable with your cooking style. Now do not wait for too long and just try and cook this easy crab legs recipe by yourself at home and following the instruction here.