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Home » Feast of the Seven Fishes: King Crab Legs with Drawn Butter

Feast of the Seven Fishes: King Crab Legs with Drawn Butter

December 19, 2015 by Cara Kretz 1 Comment

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King Crab LegsKing Crab Legs are a decadent addition to your Christmas Eve Feast of the Seven Fishes menu. One plus to adding this expensive fish is that you don’t need to provide a full portion per person – just a sampling  – since there are so many other seafood dishes to try.  Food Network Chef Alton Brown has the best and easiest method to make King Crab Legs – use the microwave. This made sense to me once I learned that the frozen crab legs from Costco and most grocery stores have already been flashed cooked. That means you really only need to reheat them – not cook them twice. I skipped the dill that Alton recommends and went with standard drawn butter and lemon wedges. 

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Feast of the Seven Fishes: King Crab Legs with Drawn Butter (Day Four)

The easiest way to make King Crab Legs is to microwave them - at least according to Food Network's Alton Brown. After trying his method I agree nothing is easier! Serve with hot drawn butter and lemon wedges.
Course Fish
Prep Time 1 minute
Cook Time 2 minutes
Total Time 3 minutes
Author Homemade Italian Cooking with Cara

Ingredients

  • 6 Alaskan king crab legs thawed
  • 1 stick butter melted - divided in two warmers or small bowls
  • 1 lemon cut in quarters

Instructions

  • Cut claws at joints to fit into your microwave. Wrap claws in damp paper towels and wrap tightly in plastic wrap.
  • Place wrapped claws in the microwave 1 package at a time and cook for 2 minutes.
  • Remove and carefully unwrap, they’ll be steamy so be careful of the full-facial steam.
  • Serve and enjoy with hot melted butter, lemon wedges and plenty of napkins.
  • **tip: Since the legs have been steamed and thus the shells are softened, I use kitchen shears to open the crab legs rather than a crab cracker before serving.

 

Filed Under: A Cookbook, Feast of the Seven Fishes, Meat & Fish, Recipe Index Tagged With: Christmas, crab, Feast of the seven fishes, seafood

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