How do I heat frozen cooked Crab legs?

[wannabechef]

Bought king crab (frozen) for Christmas eve. What is best method of cooking? I understand they are precooked when we buy and need only short time boiled or steamed.

[Candocook]

Steam them and serve with butter.

[Andy M.]

Wrap in damp paper towels and microwave for a minute.

[Sararwelch]

I agree with steaming - they're good with cocktail sauce too!

[Michelemarie]

Wow, learn something new everyday! We boiled ours and it stunk up the whole house - the next time we boiled them on the grill and it was much better - never thought of steaming them! Thanks!

[JDP]

If you don't have a garge enough steamer. Put a baking rack into a roasting pan. Pour in enough boiling water to cover bottom with a 1/2 inch, place legs in and cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 400 degrees till hot.


JDP

[Candocook]

Originally Posted by Michelemarie

Wow, learn something new everyday! We boiled ours and it stunk up the whole house - the next time we boiled them on the grill and it was much better - never thought of steaming them! Thanks!

They are already cooked. Steaming is gentler just heats them through without losing any more juices from them.
They could be grilled, I suppose.

[mudbug]

All I know is that there was a huge box of them for sale at Costco this morning for $185. Giant box, giant legs.

Wonder if anyone bought it.

[Candocook]

Originally Posted by mudbug

All I know is that there was a huge box of them for sale at Costco this morning for $185. Giant box, giant legs.

Wonder if anyone bought it.

They have been pretty much on sale around here for $10/lb. for a while.

[boufa06]

For a flavorful and spicy crab dish, you can try the famous Singapore chilli crab. The recipe is here.

Even though this recipe is used in Singapore for hard-shell land crabs, usually from Sri Lanka or Australia it should also work for king crab as well because the latter is a hard-shell crab too.