Help needed with Snow Crab Clusters

Millsy

Ok guys and gals I need help cooking "Snow crab clusters".My local store has them on sale and i have never had them because i live in the lobster capital of the world and never see crab here.I am looking for any and all help with this Please.They are selling them frozen in one pound bags if that helps.

Mike8it

Just steam them for a couple of minutes to get them warm. They are already cooked so you just need to reheat them

NecessaryIndulg

I roast mine in the oven -- more pics and description: http://necessaryindulgences.com/2012/10/crab-legs/


 

nolaegghead

Sometimes we'll throw them in a boiling pot of crab boil - same stuff we use for crawfish except less salt.  Just for a couple of minutes (as above, they're already cooked - same story with King crab).

Village Idiot

I've put them on the Egg before to give them a slight smokey flavor.  I usually heat them alongside a steak I'm cooking.

Millsy

Thanks guys and gals.Do the crack open like lobster?Any tips on eating them?

rustypotts

If you can eat the meat out of a lobster head you won't have any trouble with the crab legs.  They are a piece of cake!  Usually one dips the meat in a little butter just like lobster.  By the way.  If you want to swap some lobsters for some crab legs just let me know. 

GrannyX4

I do garlic crab. Mix garlic, shallots, butter, olive oil, lemon juice and a teaspoon of sugar in a large roasting pan. Bake on egg at 325 for about 15 to 20 until warm. They get better the longer they sit in the garlic.

nolaegghead

Tip for crab - while they're frozen, you can take a cleaver and cut strategic parts of the shell so they're easier to eat/shell.  I actually ruined a nice Wustof Chinese Knife doing this on Alaskan King Crab.  Lesson learned - use a cleaver.  I worked in a seafood restaurant and we did this to all our crab - makes it very easy to eat.

nolaegghead

We steamed it.  It's hard to over-steam.

jbates67

Just be sure they're not already cooked, many frozen crab legs are pre-cooked. 

BOWHUNR

jbates67 said:

Just be sure they're not already cooked, many frozen crab legs are pre-cooked. 

I'm pretty sure all frozen crab legs are pre-cooked.

Mike

nolaegghead

You can buy frozen raw whole blue crab (gumbo crabs - they're small), but I've never seen frozen raw other than that.

Millsy

Thank you.I am really looking forward to them.