Strictly speaking, one will probably not necessary, these frozen crab legs you bought at the supermarket or at the discount club store cooking - he's already been done for you. You need to warm up only. Make sure you do it right, though, by following these tips.
You must first thaw the crab legs. Do not leave it to thaw in the refrigerator overnight, the mistake that many people are thawing after thawing at room temperature or, worse, with the zapper ina microwave oven. Thawing at room temperature is a bit risky from a food security point of view, and the microwave oven can be cancer long legs.
Once the legs are completely thawed, then you can warm in the microwave - or in a conventional oven. You can also steam or boil.
Microwaving
Place crab legs in microwave-safe pan or on a plate. Cover with a few thicknesses of paper towels and heat on high for 2 to 3 minutes.
Boiling
In a large saucepan 2 / 3 filled with water.Add several shakes of salt and other spices that you like. Bring water to a boil. Drop crab legs into the boiling water. Immediately reduce heat and let the pot for 4 to 6 minutes.
Steaming
In a large pot of water to the boil on the stove. Place crab legs in a type of vegetable steamer or a colander and place over the pan. Allow the legs to steam for 4 or 5 minutes.
Heating in an oven
Preheat oven to about 420 degrees F. Place crab legs on abaking sheet and place in oven on a top rack. Roast for 4 or 5 minutes.
The best crab legs are king crab legs, but most types of crab sold for food have a good deal of meat in their legs and especially their claws. Sometimes there is more meat in the legs than in the body itself.
Crab legs are made up of three distinct sections. To get at the meat, just break the sections apart at the joints. Then take hold of one of the sections and press it with your thumbs on the flat side until the shell cracks. You should now remove the shell, and pull a sizeable piece of meat. The nails should probably be broken with pliers or with specific tools from the kitchen of stores.
Cooked shrimp directly from the legs is delicious by itself, or you can use it with melted butter before eating brush. Crab leg meat is also good in any recipe calling crab meat in general.
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