Rinse Wash and Brush Scrub Crab Leg Shells
Heating Frozen Unthawed Pre-Cooked
Crab Legs
Steaming Place pre-cooked frozen crab legs
in a vegetable steamer or colander over heavy
and rapid boiling water (fill pot about 1/3 of the
way with water.) Cover tightly and steam them
10-12 minutes until heated through and through.
Pre-cooked crab legs can be eaten cold without cooking otherwise they just need heating without further cooking.
Seafood requires a shorter cooking time than beef, lamb or chicken and because most species of seafood have a low fat and high water content they can easily be overcooked. The good news is; Pre-cooked shellfish
can be eaten cold, warm or hot. Too much steaming will toughen the flesh as it dries out and too much cooking when submerged in water will make the flesh soggy.
HOW TO COOK FROZEN UN-COOKED CRAB LEGS
BOILING Boiling crab legs is easy, some prefer to add either 1 tablespoon salt or 1 tablespoon vinegar to the water. Fill a pot approximately ½ to 2/3 full of water depending on the number of crab legs to be cooked.
Bring water to a heavy boil. Place uncooked crab legs into the boiling water and allow the water to return to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and cook them approximately 20-25 minutes.
Serve with clarified melted butter and lemon wedges or cocktail sauce.
Clarified Butter Better Restaurants serve Clarified Butter as a dipping for Seafood's such as Lobster, Crab Meat, etc. Clarified Butter is less apt to give your stomach a greasy after effect as melted regular butter could.
To Clarify Butter Melt 2 stick (½ lb.) butter under a medium-low heat in a fry pan then let it sit for a couple of minutes, then slowly pour out the clear
butter (it will come out first from the frying pan) into a cup or small bowl and STOP pouring when you see the leftover white milky fat at the bottom of the pan (discard this part.) Makes 4 servings for dipping. Serve with sliced lemon wedges.
Serve your crab dinner with a fresh garden salad adding your favorite salad dressing or serve with a side dish of Cole slaw, baked potato and sliced Italian bread.
Baked Potato Cold water rinse wash the potatoes
while scrubbing the skins with a soft brush.
Bake them in oven at 400F until done or a fork
inserted in them goes in very easy.
To serve, use a small knife to cut a cross on top.
With fingers; push sides and ends inwards to fluff
it open. Lightly mash with a fork then sprinkle with
a little salt then sprinkle on some mild shredded cheddar cheese.
Let potato set while cheese melts then top with a tablespoon of sour cream, sprinkle on some fresh chopped chives, chopped garden onion stems or paprika spice then ser
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