Description
Learn how to cook crab legs in water for a delicious seafood dish.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds of crab legs
- Water (enough to cover the crab legs)
- 1 tablespoon of salt
Instructions
- Fill a large pot with water.
- Add salt to the water.
- Bring the water to a boil.
- Add the crab legs to the boiling water.
- Cook for 5-7 minutes.
- Remove the crab legs and serve immediately.
Notes
- Adjust cooking time based on the size of the crab legs.
- For frozen crab legs, increase cooking time by 2-3 minutes.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Category: Seafood
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pound
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 0g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 0g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 60g
- Cholesterol: 120mg
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