steamed king crab legs

2016-01-06 a.o.

These ‘super colossal’ king crab legs are definitely something special. HUGE, full of delicious sweet meat. I weighed the empty shells afterwards: 7.1 oz. out of 2.1 lbs. = ¾ of the package weight is pure crab meat. No other crab gets even close to that.

Those large king crab are easy to handle. The legs are pre-scoured. The shell is fairly soft and folds open without any effort. I de-shelled those monster legs in less than 3 minutes. And the meat is moist and delicious.

Not cheap though @ Sam’s Club $24/lb. in 2019. But consider this: Snow crab @ $12/ lb. has less than 20% meat, and you may have to spend an hour to worry it out of those thin straw legs. While it may be OK doing that once in a while, the result still is very little meat for you cost and effort. Looking at price per pond of meat weight, king crab is the clear winner.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 2-3 servings:

1.5-2 lbs. colossal king crab

optional sauce:

½ stick butter
1 lime
parsley, preferably fresh

Pic1: 'super colossal' king crab
2016-11-06

Directions

Steam the crab legs in a basket over boiling water 4-6 minutes if thawed, 6-8 minutes if frozen.
Optional sauce:
- Melt the butter without boiling.
- Stir in the lime juice and parsley. (Pic6)
  - If possible, keep warm with a tea candle. (Pic8)
  - If not heated, the sauce will separate after a while. (Pic7) Stir occasionally.
  - If not heated, the butter will eventually congeal again when cooled.
Serve on a large plate with or without sauce.
The legs have been pre-scoured for easy opening. (Pic3)
To remove the meat from the shell, open the cut in the shell and carefully pull out the meat.
Most of it should come out in a single lump. (Pic4)
Enjoy.

Pic2: steam basket — 2017-11-04
Pic3: served — 2019-05-26
Pic4: without the shell — 2019-05-26

Pic5: with parsleyed butter sauce — 2016-01-06
Pic6: parsleyed butter sauce — 2019-05-26
Pic7: the sauce separates after a while — 2019-05-26

2016-11-06+07

Pic8: left: parsleyed butter with red chile powder; right: 3-cheese fondue — 2016-11-06
Pic9: king crab meat — 2016-01-06
Pic10: king crab sandwich — 2016-01-07

2020-08-02

Pic11-13: steaming king crab legs

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org