Easy Baked Snow Crab Legs with Garlic Butter Sauce

Name: Easy Baked Snow Crab Legs with Garlic Butter Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Olive Oil (2 tablespoons olive oil); 6 tbsp Unsalted Butter (6 tablespoons unsalted butter); 6 cloves Garlic (6 cloves minced garlic (minced)); 2 tsp Parsley (2 teaspoons fresh parsley (minced, optional)) — optional; 2 tsp Cajun Seasoning (2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning (salt-free preferred)); 1 tsp Kosher Salt (1-2 teaspoons kosher salt (to taste, depends on if Cajun seasoning has added salt, or if you're using salted butter) — up to 2); ½ tsp Black Pepper (1/2 teaspoon black pepper); 1 piece Lemon Juice (1 medium lemon (zest and juice )); 2 lb Snow Crab Legs (2 pounds snow crab legs)

Easy Baked Snow Crab Legs with Garlic Butter Sauce - Main Course (American)

20 minAmerican

Servings4

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Steps

1Preheat oven to 400°F.
2Make the garlic butter sauce. In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter with olive oil. Add minced garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds (don't let it brown!). Add parsley, kosher salt, black pepper, and Cajun seasoning. Stir to combine.
3Add lemon. Stir in the lemon zest first, then add the lemon juice. Remove from heat.
4Prepare the crab legs. Arrange crab legs in a 9x13-inch casserole dish or baking dish. Pour the garlic butter sauce evenly over the crab legs, making sure to coat them well.
5Bake. Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil. Bake for 15-20 minutes (or 20-25 minutes if using frozen crab legs that haven't been thawed) until heated through and the internal temperature reaches 140°F.
6Baste and serve. Remove from oven and carefully remove the foil. Baste the crab legs one more time with the butter sauce from the bottom of the pan. Serve immediately with lemon wedges and the remaining garlic butter sauce for dipping.
7How to open the crab legs. Break the crab leg at the joint using your hands. Insert a fork (pointed end down) into the opening you just created. Pull the fork out, and the crab meat should slide right out! If it's being stubborn, just wiggle the fork a little or rotate it gently. Dip in the garlic butter sauce and enjoy!