Crabs Legs with Garlic Butter

Name: Crabs Legs with Garlic Butter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 porsi
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 2 lbs snow crab legs ((4 clusters), or Dungeness or King Crab.); 1 cup water ((for Instant Pot or steaming methods)); 4 Tbsp unsalted butter; 2 g arlic cloves (minced or pressed); 1/4 tsp sea salt; 1/8 tsp black pepper; 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Learn how to cook Crab Legs at home! It's easy to make restaurant-quality seafood at home, and it can be much more cost-effective. Choose one of 4 methods: steaming, baking, grilling, or Instant Pot. Then, finish the dish with easy garlic butter, because we love to dip crab meat into the incredi

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2 porsi

2 lbs snow crab legs ((4 clusters), or Dungeness or King Crab.)
1 cup water ((for Instant Pot or steaming methods))
4 Tbsp unsalted butter
2 g arlic cloves (minced or pressed)
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/2 Tbsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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Steam - Place a steamer basket or wire rack at the bottom of a large stockpot. Add 1 cup of water. Place crab legs over the rack (as many as your pot will accommodate). Bring the water to a boil, then cover and steam cook until fragrant and steaming hot (5-10 minutes). Frozen crab legs will take longer, thawed crab legs cook faster).
Wrap - Using heavy-duty aluminum foil, create a foil pack with 4 clusters of crab legs. Using a long sheet of foil with the crab legs in the center, bring the two ends together and fold them together twice. Fold the other two ends together twice to seal the foil packet. Do not add water since it will steam cook with the natural moisture from the crab legs.
Bake - Place on a baking sheet and onto the center rack of a preheated oven at 450˚F for 25 minutes if frozen or 15 minutes if thawed. The crab legs are ready when you open the foil pack, and they are steaming.
Wrap - Create the same foil pack of 4 crab leg clusters as in the Oven-Baked directions.
Grill over medium/high heat at 450˚F for 15 minutes if frozen or 10 minutes if thawed. Crab legs are ready when you see steaming as you open the foil pack.
Fill the pot - Place a trivet in a 6 qt Instant Pot and add 1 cup of water. Add 3-4 clusters of fresh or frozen crab legs per batch, folding the legs to fit more in (thawed are easier to fit than frozen).
Cook - Close the lid, set the vent to sealing position, and cook on manual high pressure 4 minutes, then switch the vent to venting position and do a quick release* of remaining pressure.
Heat - In a medium saucepan, melt 4 Tbsp butter and add 2 minced garlic cloves, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/8 tsp black pepper. Stir 30 seconds until fragrant, then remove from heat. Off the heat, squeeze in 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice. Divide between ramekins to serve.