How do i correctly boil crab legs?!
My roomate did them last night & they just didnt taste right!. Im going to make them this time!. We have to finish them today, so can anyone help!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
You only need to bil them for 10 minutes if they are not frozen!. Add some seasoned salt to them!. Simple and easy!! MAybe the legs were not good or perhaps they were overcooked!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Rinse Wash and Brush Scrub Crab Leg Shells
Heating Frozen Unthawed Pre-Cooked
Crab Legs
Steaming - Place pre-cooked frozen crab legs
in a vegetable steamer or colander over heavy
and rapid boiling water (fill pot about 1/3 of the
way with water!.) Cover tightly and steam them
10-12 minutes until heated through and through!.
Pre-cooked crab legs can be eaten cold without cooking otherwise they just need heating without further cooking!.
Seafood requires a shorter cooking time than beef, lamb or chicken and because most species of seafood have a low fat and high water content they can easily be overcooked!. The good news is; Pre-cooked shellfish
can be eaten cold, warm or hot!. Too much steaming will toughen the flesh as it dries out and too much cooking when submerged in water will make the flesh soggy!.
HOW TO COOK FROZEN UN-COOKED CRAB LEGS
BOILING -Boiling crab legs is easy, some prefer to add either 1 tablespoon salt or 1 tablespoon vinegar to the water!. Fill a pot approximately ? to 2/3 full of water depending on the number of crab legs to be cooked!.
Bring water to a heavy boil!. Place uncooked crab legs into the boiling water and allow the water to return to a boil!. Reduce the heat to medium and cook them approximately 20-25 minutes!.
Serve with clarified melted butter and lemon wedges!.
To Clarify Butter Melt 2 stick (? lb!.) butter under a medium-low heat in a fry pan then let it sit for a couple of minutes, then slowly pour out the clear
butter (it will come out first from the frying pan) into a cup or small bowl and STOP pouring when you see the leftover white milky fat at the bottom of the pan (discard this part!.) Makes 4 servings for dipping!. Serve with sliced lemon wedges!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Heating Frozen Unthawed Pre-Cooked
Crab Legs
Steaming - Place pre-cooked frozen crab legs
in a vegetable steamer or colander over heavy
and rapid boiling water (fill pot about 1/3 of the
way with water!.) Cover tightly and steam them
10-12 minutes until heated through and through!.
Pre-cooked crab legs can be eaten cold without cooking otherwise they just need heating without further cooking!.
Seafood requires a shorter cooking time than beef, lamb or chicken and because most species of seafood have a low fat and high water content they can easily be overcooked!. The good news is; Pre-cooked shellfish
can be eaten cold, warm or hot!. Too much steaming will toughen the flesh as it dries out and too much cooking when submerged in water will make the flesh soggy!.
HOW TO COOK FROZEN UN-COOKED CRAB LEGS
BOILING -Boiling crab legs is easy, some prefer to add either 1 tablespoon salt or 1 tablespoon vinegar to the water!. Fill a pot approximately ? to 2/3 full of water depending on the number of crab legs to be cooked!.
Bring water to a heavy boil!. Place uncooked crab legs into the boiling water and allow the water to return to a boil!. Reduce the heat to medium and cook them approximately 20-25 minutes!.
Serve with clarified melted butter and lemon wedges!.
To Clarify Butter Melt 2 stick (? lb!.) butter under a medium-low heat in a fry pan then let it sit for a couple of minutes, then slowly pour out the clear
butter (it will come out first from the frying pan) into a cup or small bowl and STOP pouring when you see the leftover white milky fat at the bottom of the pan (discard this part!.) Makes 4 servings for dipping!. Serve with sliced lemon wedges!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Salt the water generously, I personally like to steam them by putting a metal collander (strainer) in the pot with the boiling water!. Water should be low enough that it dosent touch the crab!. cover ans steam about 5 minutes, if you steam too long then you will have tough crab thats difficult to crack!. hope this helps Enjoy!
P!.S!. another way i like them is to take a sharp knife and cut them in half!. drizzle with butter and broil in the over for a few minutes this is yummy tooWww@FoodAQ@Com
P!.S!. another way i like them is to take a sharp knife and cut them in half!. drizzle with butter and broil in the over for a few minutes this is yummy tooWww@FoodAQ@Com
If you bought them from a supermarket, they have already been cooked!. Pop them into your microwave for a couple of minutes!.
If they are uncooked, you can still put them in the microwave for a few minutes!.
We have them often!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
If they are uncooked, you can still put them in the microwave for a few minutes!.
We have them often!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
they are probably already cooked, you just need to get them hotWww@FoodAQ@Com
stick them into hot water with salt and pepperWww@FoodAQ@Com