Manageability – Psh, nothing.
My husband once ordered both a filet and crab legs at a fancy-ass steak house on a night I was paying. That, plus all his cocktails, cost me like $350 dollars. He’s lucky it was his birthday. Anyways, he really likes crab legs. So to make our own fancy-ass dinner (and save me $350) we made them at home, and this recipe from Natasha’s Kitchen uses an Instant Pot was a breeze.
No but for real, this is on the same level of easy as the classic directions from Ronco, “set it and forget it”. Pop those legs in your instant pot, frozen or thawed, and blast those jerks with steam for four minutes. That’s it. Just listen to a U2 song and you’re done. The garlic butter takes a little bit more effort, but even that is basically just melt some butter and squeeze a lemon. And these were perfectly done (according to my husband). The meat came out nice and solid, juicy and soft, yet firm enough to splash in the butter like a Red Lobster commercial. He sure looked like he enjoyed them. Although we don’t own any seafood crackers, so he had to use pliers. He’s handy.
It’s so easy guys. Save your money for botox, and tell your husband you’ll make some crab legs at home.
Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp. butter
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 1/2 Tbsp. lemon juice
- Crab legs (duh)
Instructions
Garlic Butter:
- Melt butter in a small saucepan.
- Stir in minced garlic cloves, salt, and tsp pepper. Stir for just 30 seconds and take off the heat.
- Squeeze in lemon juice. Avoid eyes.
Instant Pot Crab Legs:
- Place a trivet into a six quart instant pot or Ninja thingy, and add 1 cup water. Add 3-4 clusters of fresh or frozen crab legs per batch folding the legs to fit more in (thawed fit easier than frozen since they are more flexible).
- Close the lid and cook on manual high pressure 4 minutes with quick release. You can repeat with another batch right away using the same water.
- That’s the end. There’s only two steps here. Pretty sweet, right? I guess that’s the benefit of having an instant pot Ninja cooker jobber.