How do you cook crab legs

[butterfly77]

[Warpy]

1. The crab legs you find in the case at the supermarket

are precooked. The red color is a giveaway.

All you need to do is warm them enough to heat them through. Or just serve them cold in salads.

You can steam them, bake them, nuke them or whatever. Just wait until you can smell them and they're done.

[butterfly77]

2. Do they need any specific spices..

[Warpy]

4. Melted butter?

Just zip through any of the crabmeat recipes online and find one you like.

Crab with plain ole melted butter just can't be beat.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. We wrap them in foil and put them in the oven until warm.

Maybe 350-ish oven.

Maybe 10 or 15 minutes. All you need to do is get them hot cuz they're fully cooked before being frozen.

We serve them just with melted butter and a little lemon.

No need for any additional seasonings, in my view. The crab itself is a wonderful, wonderful taste all on its own.

[grasswire]

7. In Maryland you eat king crab legs?

Isn't that some kind of heresy?

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Sure we do. They're ***really*** different from our native Blue Crab

They taste no more alike than shrimp and lobster.

[butterfly77]

5. Thanks everyone..

[I_Will]

6. toss them on the (gas) grill for a 5-7 minutes, flipping once...

It might just be imaginary, but the light char lends a hint of smokiness ...

[Stinky The Clown]

9. Actually, that's a great idea!

We do lobster on the grill for the same reason. A little char on the shell gets right into the meat in a very pleasant way.