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How to Cook Crab Legs
Explore four easy ways to cook crab legs (all less than 30 minutes). Serve them with my incredibly delicious garlic butter sauce and you won't be sorry!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 530 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 pounds King Crab Legs (precooked)
- ½ cup butter
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
- 4 cloves garlic
- ½ lemon juiced
- parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉.
- Arrange crab legs on a baking sheet single layered. Bake for 25 minutes.
- While the crab is baking, using a small saucepan, melt butter on low and lightly sauté with garlic. Stir in Old Bay seasoning, sugar and squeeze in lemon juice. Using a coffee filter or cheese cloth, strain the butter into a cup to clarify.
- Serve the warm crab with bowls of clarified butter for dipping.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
530kcal
(27%)
Carbohydrates
7g
(2%)
Protein
22g
(44%)
Fat
47g
(72%)
Saturated Fat
29g
(145%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
12g
Trans Fat
2g
Cholesterol
170mg
(57%)
Sodium
1.315mg
(0%)
Potassium
313mg
(9%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
1.478IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
24mg
(27%)
Calcium
94mg
(9%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 530
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 530kcal | 27% |
| Carbohydrates | 7g | 2% |
| Protein | 22g | 44% |
| Fat | 47g | 72% |
| Saturated Fat | 29g | 145% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Trans Fat | 2g | 100% |
| Cholesterol | 170mg | 57% |
| Sodium | 1.315mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 313mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 1.478IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 24mg | 27% |
| Calcium | 94mg | 9% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.