Today on The Stay At Home Chef I'm showing
you
How to Cook Crab Legs
No need to pay expensive restaurant prices,
it's super easy
to cook your own crab legs at home.
In fact cooking is the easy part.
Today I'm going to show you
3 different ways to cook crab legs and I'm
also going
to show you how to eat them because that's
the hard part!
The first option is to boil your crab legs
in salted water
for 5 minutes.
Super easy but some people say the crab loses
a little flavor with this method.
The second option is to steam the crab in
a steamer basket
for 5 to 7 minutes
The third option is to broil the crab legs
so you'll first
want to brush on some melted butter or olive
oil
and then place it 6 inches beneath the broiler
setting in your oven
The broiler method will be 3 to 4 minutes
per side so yes
that means you'll need to flip them
Next it's time to get ready to eat some crab
To serve up your crab legs you'll need some
melted butter
lemon wedges, and if it floats your boat,
some Old Bay seasoning
There are 3 different parts to snow crab legs
You have the cluster right here
you have the legs and you have the claw
We'll start with the crab leg.
You just want to break it out
of its socket.
Then you have the little hinge here
so you're going to just snap that
Then there's a whole bunch of meat in here
so I'm just
going to gently bend this until it cracks
open and then
you can just slip the meat right out.
Then you just dip
that in the melted buttery goodness
You can squeeze on some lemon juice if you
want
mmm, and take a bite
Next let's look at our claws
So let's pop off one of the claws from the
socket
Then break it off at its hinge
Then you have the little pincher right here
so you're
going to snap that out and pull out the membrane
Then there's a whole bunch of meat inside
the claw so
you can either use a nutcracker to crack open
the shell
and access that meat or you can just use your
teeth.
If you peel back enough of the shell you can
pop that
claw meat right out
And if you want to go Maryland style and use
some
Old Bay seasoning the best way to do that
is shake some out
onto a plate, then just dip your crab meat
directly into the seasoning
Then you can dunk it in a little more butter
and you have some Old Bay spiced crab
mmmmm, so good!
And that leaves you with the cluster.
There's a ton of meat inside here but it's
surrounded by a shell
You simply peel back the shell
and you should be able to fold it open and
expose the meat inside
and then you can use a little fork to dig
out the meat
Whether you are out at a restaurant eating
it on a date
or simply enjoying your own crab legs at home
now you are going to be a total pro!
Mmmm, so good!
Thanks for watching!
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in the video description
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