Description
Steamed crab legs are so delicious when made with premium crab. This recipe uses freshly caught king crab, from Norway, just steamed is simply the best!
Ingredients
Units
Scale
- 2kg (4lbs) crab legs
Instructions
- The amount of water you need depends on the size of your pot/steamer. Fill it up to the mark, ensuring that the basket won’t touch the water.
- Bring the water to the boil.
- Place the crab legs in a single layer in the steamer basket.
- Steam the crab until cooked. The cooking time depends on the type of crab you purchased, but do check in after 5 minutes. The crab is cooked if the shell turns bright orange/pink in colour and the smell of crab permeates the air.
- Serve with bread, butter and lemon.
Notes
- If you can’t get hold of fresh crab, buy it frozen and thaw overnight in the fridge.
- For best results, add salt to the water - 30g (1oz) of salt per litre of water.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 500
- Sodium: 5300 mg
- Fat: 7.5 g
- Protein: 95 g
- Cholesterol: 275 mg