Description
Learn how to cook crab legs in water for a delicious seafood meal.
Ingredients
- Crab legs – 2 pounds
- Water – enough to fill a large pot
- Salt – 2 tablespoons
- Lemon – 1, cut into wedges
Instructions
- Fill a large pot with water and add salt.
- Bring the water to a boil over high heat.
- Add the crab legs to the boiling water.
- Cover the pot and cook for 5-7 minutes.
- Remove the crab legs and serve with lemon wedges.
Notes
- Ensure the crab legs are fully submerged in water.
- Adjust cooking time based on the size of the crab legs.
- Frozen crab legs may need an extra minute.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Category: Seafood
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 0g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 2g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 0g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 43g
- Cholesterol: 90mg
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