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Easy Baked King Crab Legs with Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce Recipe Video

Baked King Crab Legs with Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce is a simple recipe that uses the legs of King Crabs or Stone Crabs. These variety of crabs are found in deep cold seas and are highly priced because of their size and the rich taste of their meat. There is a legal duration to fish for King Crabs (referred to as the crab-fishing months or the crab-fishing season) and currently this lasts for 2 to 4 weeks. Another factor that contributed to the high price of this type of crab is the extreme danger that the fishermen (or crabmen) faces in the cold deep seas. A real-life documentary was produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel called Deadliest catch which documents the events aboard fishing boats in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and Opilio crab fishing seasons.

Summary

Difficulty LevelEasyHealth IndexJust Enjoy

Servings4CuisineAsian

CourseAppetizerTasteMeaty

MethodBakedSpecialityComplete Meal

Main IngredientKing Crab, SeafoodInterest GroupExotic

Ingredients

	King crab	2 Pound
	Extra virgin olive oil	3 Tablespoon
	Garlic	3 Clove (15 gm) (Slightly Crushed)
	Parsley	1 Teaspoon (Minced)
	Lemon juice	1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
	Butter	3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
	Salt	1 Pinch

Nutrition Facts

Serving size

Calories 607 Calories from Fat 417

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 47 g72%

Saturated Fat 22.7 g113.4%

Trans Fat 0 g

Cholesterol 186 mg62%

Sodium 1966.1 mg81.9%

Total Carbohydrates 3 g0.9%

Dietary Fiber 0.18 g0.72%

Sugars 0.4 g

Protein 42 g84.3%

Vitamin A 24.3% Vitamin C 42.9%

Calcium 12.4% Iron 8.3%

*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet

Directions

1. Heat a saucepan using low heat
2. Put-in the butter and allow to melt
3. When the butter is hot enough, add the garlic and cook for a minute (do not brown the garlic)
4. Pour-in the lemon juice and stir then let stand for 15 to 20 seconds
5. Pour-in the extra virgin olive oil, parsely, and salt (as needed) then turn off the heat. Set aside.
6. Cut the crab legs in half (crosswise) to shorten the length of the legs then make a 3 to 4 inches opening in each leg by cutting one side of the shell lengthwise (the meat should still be intact) using a pair of kitchen shears.
7. Place the crab legs in a baking tray then brush the garlic lemon butter sauce on the side where the openings are located
8. Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit then bake the crab legs for 12 to 15 minutes or until the aroma of the crab fills the kitchen
9. Remove from the oven and allow to cool down then place in a serving plate with the sauce on the side
10. Serve. Share and enjoy!

Editors Review

Don’t know how to cook the legs of your king crab? Here is a nice way of cooking those king crab legs deliciously and its Easy baked king crab legs with garlic lemon butter sauce. Since the video is in Filipino, you will have to use some of your imagination to figure out what the chef is trying to say and cook.