With restaurant prices set to soar by 6.5% this year, now’s a great time to learn how to cook your favorite meals at home. The good news is that it’s easier than you think to prepare most dishes, including seafood, by yourself.
Are you unsure about where to get started? Crab legs are one of the easiest types of seafood to prepare.
Read our crab legs cooking guide and discover how to cook crab legs every which way you can.
The Best Seasoning for Crab Legs
Every recipe for crabs’ legs depends on good seasoning to make it ‘pop’. You can mix the following ingredients to make your own:
- 1 Tablespoon of celery salt
- ¼ of a Teaspoon of paprika
- 1/8 of a Teaspoon each of black pepper and cayenne pepper
- 1 Pinch each of ground dry mustard, cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, cloves, and ginger
- 1 Pinch of ground mace or nutmeg
You can store the seasoning in a sealed container and use it for all your favorite seafood dishes.
Cooking Crab Legs in a Steamer
If you’re not using a slow cooker, the best crab legs cooking advice is to cook crab legs as quickly as possible. Steaming crab legs is one of the easiest ways to do this.
Step one is filling a large pot with water and placing a steamer basket above it. Bring the water to a boil and place the crab legs in the basket.
Steam the crab legs for five to seven minutes and serve them with lemon wedges and seafood seasoning of your choice.
How to Cook Crab Legs in the Oven
Preheat your oven’s broiler. In the meantime, place the crab legs on a baking sheet, and brush them with olive oil or melted butter.
Place the tray between six and eight inches beneath the broiler and cook the crab legs for three to four minutes per side. Serve them with melted butter, seasoning, and lemon wedges.
Boiling Crab Legs
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add a tablespoon of salt. Then submerge the crab legs in the water and simmer them for 5 minutes.
Remove the crab legs, pat them dry and serve with seasoning, melted butter, and lemon wedges.
How to Cook Crab Legs in a Slow Cooker
Contrary to our previous crab legs cooking tips, this crab legs recipe takes about four hours to cook. Yet, it’s still super tasty, and one of the easiest slow cooker recipes around.
Get started by rinsing your crab legs under running water. Then place them in your slow cooker and fill it with water until you’ve submerged the crab legs.
Melt half a stick of butter in a small bowl and add dill and garlic to taste. Pour the butter over the crab legs, place the lid on the slow cooker and turn it up to high.
Serve the crab legs with lemon wedges and melted butter.
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Learning how to cook crab legs means you can spoil yourself with a seafood dinner more often than if you went to a restaurant. Plus, learning to cook gourmet meals is fun, and gives you plenty of opportunities to experiment.
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