Best Garlic Cajun Crab Recipes

CRAB LEGS WITH GARLIC BUTTER SAUCE

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I ended up getting some snow crab legs on sale at the market. I wanted something a little different from plain steamed, boiled, or grilled crab legs, so I ended up throwing a few things together to make this awesome crab leg dish. Enjoy! This would be great with shrimp as well.

Provided by Tamaralynn

Categories Main Dish Recipes Seafood Main Dish Recipes Crab

Time 20m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 pound Snow Crab clusters, thawed if necessary
¼ cup butter
1 clove garlic, minced
1 ½ teaspoons dried parsley
⅛ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper

Steps:

Cut a slit, length-wise, into the shell of each piece of crab.
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook the garlic in the butter until translucent; stir in the parsley, salt, and pepper. Continue to heat mixture until bubbling. Add the crab legs; toss to coat; allow to simmer in the butter mixture until completely heated, 5 to 6 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 520.1 calories, Carbohydrate 1 g, Cholesterol 274.2 mg, Fat 37.5 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 43.6 g, SaturatedFat 17.1 g, Sodium 1030.7 mg, Sugar 0.1 g

GARLIC CAJUN CRAB

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Make and share this Garlic Cajun Crab recipe from Food.com.

Provided by theboss0974

Categories < 60 Mins

Time 40m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

6 whole crabs, cooked
1/2 cup Chardonnay wine
1 cup crushed garlic
1 cup salted butter
1 lemon
1 cup fresh parsley
1 cup chopped green onion
1/2 cup old bay cajun seasoning

Steps:

Once u have you crab clean all up set it in a pan . Once crabs are place in pan, in a separate pot u will add ur wine. Preferably I like to use Chardonnay. About a half of cup! Once the wine is added then u will place two stick of salted butter. Let it melt slowly u Dnt want it to burn. For the garlic u can place as much garlic as u desire. One garlic is added. Add ur parsley. Let all this simmer for about 8 mins on low heat.
Once it simmers pour your liquid mixture right on top of your crab start in the middle of the body first! And then on the outer shell.
Once all the mixture is gone slice up your lemon place one slice on each crab. Then add your green onion and parsley. Sprinkle ground black pepper on top and your old bay last this should go over the whole crab remember this product does have salt as well so be careful not to put to much once u complete that place in oven on 375 for 15-20 minute.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 351.2, Fat 31.2, SaturatedFat 19.5, Cholesterol 97.7, Sodium 345, Carbohydrate 10.8, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 1.1, Protein 6.3

GARLIC CRAB

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This is a simi difficult recipe, but the result is ever so delectable. I had something like this at Crustaceans in San Francisco. They used the wonderful Dungeness crabs, but here in Virginia I had to settle for Blue crabs, which turned out just as nice.

Provided by Jessica

Categories Crab

Time 1h20m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

8 crabs, cleaned and cracked
1 whole bulb of garlic, finely chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 -2 cup butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes
chopped parsley
lemon slice

Steps:

Place garlic, onions, butter, salt, red and black pepper into a roasting pan and put into a 450 degree oven.
Be sure to watch carefully and cook until onions and garlic turn golden brown.
Remove from oven, add crab and blend thoroughly.
Make sure the crab (shells and all) is coated.
Place pan back into oven on 475 degree for 15-20 minutes, turning crab about every 5 minutes.
After the crab has been heated throughout remove from oven.
Garlic sauce should be braised onto the shell of the crab.
Serve as soon as possible, sprinkled with parsley and garnished with lemon.