How To Bake Lobster And Crab Legs
This simple recipe is incredibly delicious and quick ready in just 35 minutes.
How to bake lobster and crab legs. Add enough water to just touch the bottom of the basket. This dish is perfect when you want to indulge a bit and makes a great lunch elegant dinner or very impressive yet super easy date night meal for two. When the water returns to boiling cook one pound lobsters for 10 minutes adding three minutes for every additional pound.
Place the crab legs inside the steam pot insert and put that inside the pot above the water. Bake your crabs for about 25 minutes or so depending on how thick the legs you have are brushing the sauce from the bottom of the pan onto the legs every 5 7 minutes. Place tray 6 to 8 inches beneath the broiler and broil 3 to 4 minutes per side flipping halfway through.
Open the oven door and dip a pastry brush in the butter sauce. Brush legs with melted butter or olive oil if desired. Place crab legs on a baking sheet.
Broil about 4 to 6 inches from the heat source. Bake the crabs for 8 minutes and baste them with the sauce. Sprinkle with a few pinches o parsley for garnish.
Dip them into this garlic butter enhanced with lemon and old bay seasoning. You could also use a regular pot and place the crab legs inside of a metal collander which you then place inside the pot above the boiling water. Easy baked king crab legs are rich and moist with sweet tender meat and succulent flavor.
Preheat your oven on the broiler setting. Cover the pot with a lid for 4 minutes. Brush the sauce over the legs and close the oven door.