Corn on the cob, corn on the legs, and crab legs with a nicely seasoned butter sauce.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- 3 ½ pounds Alaskan king crab legs with shell
- 6 ears fresh corn
- 1 ½ cups butter
- 3 teaspoons minced garlic
- ⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning TM, or to taste
Instructions
- In a very large stock pot, bring a large amount of water to a boil. Place crab legs and corn in the pot of boiling water. Boil until corn is tender and crab legs are opaque and flaky. Crab may finish cooking before corn; check every 5 minutes to see if they are finished cooking. Drain well. Cut a slit into each crab leg shell to make it easier for your guests.
- In a large saucepan, melt butter, garlic, red pepper flakes, and Old Bay seasoning. Stir in crab and corn and sauté for 5 to 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 533 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 175 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 39 g |
| Saturated Fat | 22 g |
| Sodium | 2043 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 37 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Delicious! I got tons of compliments. Also recommend adding extra Old Bay and some salt for some extra bold flavor.
Don’t overcook the crab. It’s already cooked (before it was frozen). Just cook rough to bring it to temperature.
The recipe was great but I did add a lot more minced garlic!
Very good flavour. I added more old bay as recommended and was very good.
I made this recipe on 9/18/2015 and follow the instructions to the T. The crab legs was very messy but oh sooooooooooooooo Good!!! The Butter sauce was Excellent!! My husband and I really did enjoy the crab legs with this easy recipe. Thx for sharing!
love seafood, but can get boring by just steaming- this recipe kicked it up a notch! I did add some white wine to deglaze the butter and garlic and at the ended, squeeze some lime juice to cut the richness. very good, but time consuming to make by preparing/boiling crabs first before sautéing.
My husband said that this is the best meal that I have ever made! I added a pound of cooked shrimp to the recipe which I sauteed in the skillet. Also, potatoes were a good side to dip in the sauce. We will definitely be enjoying this recipe again.
Amazing! Boiled veggies on the side (yukon potatos, baby carrots and corn on the cob). Added veggies in the sauteeing process. Sooo good!
Used as dipping sauce and was wonderful!
My family loved this one!
Simple, Quick and Delicious!!
Yumm!! Made these this afternoon – skipped the corn (used steamed on the side) and reduced the butter some (used about 1 1/2 sticks total). Garlicy, buttery, and delicious! I had pre-cooked frozen legs, and steamed for 10 minutes to heat them up (from frozen) then sauteed them in the butter mixture while the corn cooked.
Interesting to try for something different but Hubs and I agree on a couple of points -first, it is much easier to either steam the crab legs or, the way we generally do crab legs as suggested by our fish market, lay them on a cookie sheet and simply heat them in the oven at around 400* until heated through, several minutes if frozen. Also, we both agree we’re glad we made only a small portion of the butter seasoned with the red pepper and Old Bay – it was ok, but nothing beats good ol’ traditional drawn butter.
Never made crab legs before and the kids and I were having an “Arctic Night.” This recipe was great and easy too! Thanks!!
Was very good but messy. Forgot how much work crab is to shell. Used 3 large garlic gloves and about 3tbs of old bay for the sause. After simmer used butter for dipping. Also tried not simmering and just using as dipping sause and while not a mess not nearly as good. When boiling the crab I put some garlic and old bay in the water and this didn’t seem to add much.
I have made this with and without the corn, both are awesome. I DID cook the corn with the crab and it did not pick-up the crab/seafood flavor others were worried about, not once it goes into the butter mixture. This is the only way i make crab now, sooo good, thanks Robyn for sharing.
Great recipe! My family enjoyed it!
this was pretty simple to make, but it was very messy. i followed the advice of some other folks and cooked the corn in its own pot. the sauce was excellent, but did not flavor the crab legs very much when i sauteed them. I think the problem was that the biggest pan i had was still not big enough to have the crab legs in a single layer. i tried to rotate them, but it was difficult to do so. i probably should have used two pans, but in any case. I think this would be fine without sauteeing and just using a sauce as a dipping sauce. note on the dipping sauce. i did use more old bay, red pepper, and garlic to give it more of a zing…
I used three teaspoons of Old Bay Seasoning accidently and it was a smash hit! Also, I used only a pinch of crushed red pepper, since my wife doesn’t like spicy food. I didn’t add the corn, although, I may try that the next time. I was complimented all night on the Garlic Crab Legs.
Great recipe!
Awesome! First attempt at crab legs was a total success thanks to this recipe. I read many of the reviews and made adjustments. I cooked the corn separate but, it was more of a space issue and it worked out well that way. I also added more Old Bay Seasoning as others had suggested. The legs and corn turned out soooo good. I separated some of the sauce before I sauted the corn and legs and saved it for dipping which everyone loved! Thank you for sharing Robyn!