Grilled Crab Legs

This grilled crab legs recipe, served with vegetable skewers and cheesy potatoes, is perfect for an outdoor barbecue or special occasion such as Valentine’s Day or New Year’s Eve.

Be sure to thaw your frozen crab legs in the refrigerator the day before, then you can begin cooking crab legs with this delicious garlic butter sauce. You can also serve this grilled crab legs recipe with a clarified butter.

To grill crab legs, preheat your grill to medium and baste on both sides with the garlic butter, about 5-10 minutes each side.  

Grilled Crab Legs

Recipe by Jason Hill – CookingSessions.com

This crab leg recipe, served with grilled vegetable skewers and cheesy potatoes, is perfect for an outdoor barbecue. Be sure to thaw your frozen crab legs in the refrigerator the day before. Then, just preheat your grill to medium and baste on both sides with the garlic butter, about 5-10 minutes each side

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

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• 4 wild Alaskan king crab legs thawed

Butter Sauce

• 1 stick butter
• 1 teaspoon fresh minced rosemary
• 1 teaspoon fresh minced thyme
• 1 clove minced garlic

Instructions

 

• For the garlic butter, melt down butter in a saucepan over medium heat . When melted, stir in rosemary, thyme and garlic and simmer over very low heat, stirring, about 5 minutes. Set aside until ready to grill crab legs.
• Cooking Crab Legs: Quickly rinse your crab legs under cool running water and pat dry with a paper towel.
• Using kitchen shears, make a long slit across each leg. This will allow the basting butter to melt in while grilling, and also makes it easier to peel and eat.
• Preheat your grill to medium heat. Remember, we’re just reheating these about 5-10 minutes max.
• Place on the grill, along with your skewer of sliced vegetables, and baste well while cooking. It may flare up a bit, but that’s OK.
• After 5 minutes, turn the vegetables and crab legs and baste again. Remove from the grill.

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