The time and work put into making these tomato sauce and seasoning-covered green beans is worthwhile. Try the sauce also with okra. Enjoy!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 3 1/2 pounds |
Ingredients
- 8 sheets aluminum foil
- 3 ½ pounds Alaskan king crab legs
- 1 lemon, quartered
- ½ cup butter, divided, or more to taste
- ½ cup chopped fresh parsley
- 5 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoon sea salt, or more to taste
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat grill for medium heat.
- Lay 4 sheets of aluminum foil on a work surface; place 1 crab leg on each sheet. Squeeze 1 lemon quarter on each crab leg; place squeezed lemon quarter next to each crab leg. Cut 1/4 cup butter into small cubes; dot crab legs. Sprinkle parsley and chopped garlic on each crab leg. Season each crab leg with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Cover each crab leg with remaining sheets of aluminum foil; roll top and bottom edges together to create sealed packets.
- Cook packets on preheated grill until crab legs are bright pink on the outside and the meat is opaque, about 20 minutes.
- Melt remaining butter in a small saucepan over low heat; serve with crab.
- Crab legs can be with or without claws.
- There is no need to turn crab leg packets while cooking, but it is important to make sure you don’t overcook them.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 646 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 5 g |
| Cholesterol | 353 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 60 g |
| Saturated Fat | 18 g |
| Sodium | 1595 mg |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 43 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I have made crab legs every New Year’s Eve for 20 years, decided to try this one to keep the smell out of the house and I will never do it any other way. Absolute hit by everyone. The only way to make crab legs.
I am not a great cook but this made me feel like a pro- it was so good that it was first thing i thought about when i woke up next day! Making it for our anniversary… definitely restaurant quality
I followed the recipe and it was flavorful, they were soft, juicy and yummy, I’ll be doing this again!
I have cooked this several times now and it’s fantastic! Very easy to prep and cook, virtually effortless. The King crab legs have always come out perfect.
simple, easy recipe to follow. didn’t change a thing.
Great recipe. Very easy to follow and make. Turned out delicious.
This is the first time I have ever fixed crab on the grill before and I liked this method. The one thing I will say is that the stuff you buy in the supermarkets has already been cooked and then frozen so basically you are just heating them up. Unfortunately most all of the flavor you add during the heating up process gets kind of lost. I used snow crab instead because that was what was available at my store and on sale. I really liked the concept of sticking them in foil to heat up over sticking them in boiling water and this is most likely how I will do it from now on.