Description
Cook frozen crab legs perfectly in your Instant Pot using this simple steaming method. Get tender, flavorful results without thawing.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 lbs frozen crab legs (snow or king)
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon salt (optional)
- 1/2 lemon, cut into wedges (optional)
Instructions
- Pour 1 cup of water into the inner pot of your Instant Pot. Add salt if you are using it.
- Place the trivet or steamer basket inside the Instant Pot.
- Arrange the frozen crab legs directly onto the trivet, ensuring they are above the water level. Place lemon wedges on top if desired.
- Secure the lid and set the vent to the Sealing position.
- Select the Manual or Pressure Cook setting and set the time for 4 minutes on High Pressure for standard crab clusters.
- Once cooking is complete, allow the pressure to naturally release for 5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes, carefully move the vent to the Venting position to perform a quick release of any remaining pressure.
- Open the lid away from your face. Carefully remove the crab legs using tongs.
- Serve immediately with melted butter or your preferred dipping sauce.
Notes
- For larger king crab clusters, increase the cook time to 5 minutes at High Pressure.
- If you are cooking thawed crab legs, reduce the cook time to 2 minutes at High Pressure.
- Do not overfill the pot; the liquid should not touch the crab legs.
- For garlic butter flavor, melt 4 tablespoons of butter with 2 cloves of minced garlic and brush over the cooked legs.
- Prep Time: 3 min
- Cook Time: 4 min
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Pressure Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 package
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 0
- Sodium: 450
- Fat: 3
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 1
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 35
- Cholesterol: 120