There are many kinds of crab legs and people like devouring on sea food from time to time. Many people do not buy them as they can be a little expensive compared to other sources of meat like beef and chicken or even compared to other fish. While you treat yourself with a crab leg, you should first choose the type you want like snow crab legs or spider crab legs or any other type. Here are two methods to cook them and you can choose the one using an oven or the stove.
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Here is how you can them in the oven
What you will need:
· Freshly cut crab legs
· Olive oil
· Cloves of garlic
· Seasoning
· Salt
Here is what you do:
Step 1: Start by cleaning the crab legs and make sure they are dry. Put them on a baking tray with aluminum foil under them. Get a brush to cover them with the mixture you are about to make.
Step 2: Chop some cloves of garlic into very tiny pieces and add them in a bowl of olive oil. Add your favorite seasoning and salt if you like and stir continuously. Use the brush to cover the crab legs.
Step 3: Get another piece of aluminum foil and cover the crab legs. It is time to put it in the oven for 11 minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit on a preheated oven. Take them out open the foil and apply more of the oil mixture.
Step 4: Cover them up again and put it in the oven for another ten minutes. After taking them, brush with them with the oil mixture again.
Step 5: It is ready to be served. You can go with green beans to go with the crab legs. It makes a great side for the plate and matches with the aroma of the crab.
Here is how you can cook them on the stove
Step 1: Add water in a pot and make sure the amount of water is enough to get the whole crab legs submerged in them. Add lemon and salt after you put in the legs and make sure the water is not boiling while you put it in.
Step 2: Add your seasoning powder with some onion powder and wait for five to seven minutes. After they are done, take them out.
Step 3: Serve them with anything you like such as carrots and rice. You can add some melted butter over it.
Tips
• If you are steaming crab legs, that should take about seven minutes and serve that with melted butter. Steaming crab legs are tastier than the boiled ones.
• Before you start preparing, make sure you decide how much you are going to have them. Some people have two pieces each serving.
• Remember that the legs you are buying from the store is slightly cooked and they are made to freeze. So you when you are bringing them home, you are just heating them again.