KING CRAB LEGS IN OVEN RECIPES

Steps:

• 1.

  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

• 2.

  Place crab legs on a rimmed baking sheet and water.

• 3.

  Cover baking sheet with foil and crimp the sides to create a tight seal.

• 4.

  Bake for about 10 minutes, or until heated through (145 degrees).

• 5.

  Transfer to a platter and serve with melted butter for dipping and fresh lemon wedges.

• 6.

  To eat, break the crab legs at the joints. Often, a crab leg will open up at the joint, allowing for easy removal of the meat.

• 7.

  Turn the leg over to the smooth side and use kitchen shears to cut directly down the crab leg and simply open and remove the meat.

• 8.

  After removing the meat from the long shafts of the shell, use your fork to pry the meat out of the main joint at the opposite end from the claw.

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Meanwhile, grab yourself a small saucepan. On med low heat, melt the butter. Add the garlic (I prefer a press) and LIGHTLY saute. Squeeze in the juice of the citrus of choice. If using a lemon, squeeze the juice into your hands so that you can remove the seeds with ease. Turn the heat to low and let those flavors mesh until the oven is nice and hot. Toss in as much salt (to taste) and a couple pinches of parsley. Then whisk in that olive oil with a fork. Turn off your burner.
• Arrange your tasty crustaceans in a 9x13 baking dish, brushing each leg with the sauce. ***TASTY TIP*** I use an injector to pop a *little* extra UMPH into my crabs. Pour any remaining sauce over those puppies. Now toss the pan into the oven on the center rack.
• 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. Remove from oven. Sprinkle with a few pinches o' parsley for garnish.
• I am a lazy gal, detest doing more dishes than I have to, and am a firm believer in the "waste not, want not" phrase. With that said, I just serve the crab in the same dish I baked it in so I can dip the meat into the tasty sauce, savoring every last drop. If you are the opposite, use tongs and place them on a platter and pour the buttery-goodness into ramekins. VOILA! Crab House comparable delicacy! "Ohhhh my CRAAAABS!