Crab Legs With Garlic Beer Sauce Recipe

 

Crab Legs With Garlic Beer  Sauce

These crabs are cooked to perfection, then tossed in a flavorful garlic beer sauce. This recipe does take you a bit of work to break open the shell but it is going to be worth the effort.    

Let me know how yours turned out.

Ingredients 

2 med. or Lg. crabs. Fresh, frozen, or cooked. 

2 tbsp.                -  Olive oil

1 med.                -  Onion, finely chopped 

3 - 5  cloves       -  Garlic minced

1-2  tbsp.            -  Hot sauce

2 each                 -  Bay leaves 

2-4 each              -  Lemon wedges or slices 

1/2 cup                -  Beer, plus a bit more

Salt and pepper to taste 

Garnish -  Parsley chopped

Options  -  Add 1 -2 tbsp. butter,  add 1 tbsp hot pepper flakes, white wine.

Notes:  

- Do not overcook the crab.

- Use crab or lobster cracker to brack open the shells.

- Do not use your teeth to crack open the shell, this could cause chipping.

For more information, please see the video below:

Crab Legs With Garlic Beer  Sauce Recipe

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