How to Cook Snow Crab Clusters

Hailing from the cold waters of the Bering Sea, snow crab clusters are one of the most coveted products from one of the most inhospitable areas in the world. Snow crab clusters consist of several snow crab legs from the same side of crab together with the meaty potion holding the legs.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Frozen snow crab clusters
• A large pot of water, 4-6 quarts minimum
• Seasoning to taste (optional)

1. Use cold running water to remove the ice from the crab clusters. Take special care to remove all of the ice to ensure that the meat cooks evenly and thoroughly.

2. Fill the pot with water and bring it to a boil. Steaming or grilling are also options for cooking, but boiling is one of the simplest and most common methods and enjoys a great deal of success in bringing out the natural crab flavor. Additionally when steaming crab, beer may be used in place of water. When boiling seasoning can be added to the water directly or in a small porous heat tolerant bag, an emptied tea bag works well and commercial crab boil seasonings with bag are available in many supermarkets.

3. Add the crab legs to the boiling water and make sure they are completely submerged. Cover the pot. If steaming or grilling cook as makes sense for your set up steaming crab for 4-6 minutes or grilling for 3-4 minutes on each side.

4. Take the water off of the heat after two minutes and begin draining water and removing the crab legs with tongs.

Tips & Warnings

• Though melted butter and lemon are the traditional accompanyments to crab, it can be worthwhile to experiment with other items to serve with crab .
• Do not remove the crab clusters from the boiling water with your hands!
• Avoid overcooking the crab clusters

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