Description
Simple and delicious recipe for cooking crab legs in the oven.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds of crab legs
- 4 tablespoons of butter
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Place crab legs in a baking dish.
- Melt butter in a saucepan and add minced garlic.
- Pour the garlic butter over the crab legs.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Add lemon wedges to the dish.
- Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
Notes
- Serve with additional melted butter for dipping.
- Adjust cooking time based on the size of the crab legs.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Seafood
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 of recipe
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 0g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 2g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 80mg
Keywords: crab legs in oven