Steamed Snow Crab Legs with Lemon-Garlic Butter, Corn & Potatoes
A fun, hands-on seafood night: sweet snow crab legs steamed with baby potatoes and corn, with a lighter lemon-garlic butter for dipping. Kids love cracking the shells.
Diet swaps
- Dairy-free: Use olive oil or dairy-free butter instead of butter.
Check labels on packaged foods if you have an allergy or celiac disease.
Ingredients
- 3 lb Snow crab leg clusters (frozen, pre-cooked)
- 1 lb Baby potatoes
- 4 small Ears of corn, halved
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- 1 Lemon
- 2 tbsp Fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 tsp Old Bay seasoning
Directions
- Thaw the crab overnight in the fridge (or under cold running water for 20 minutes).
- Boil the potatoes in salted water with 1 tsp Old Bay for 12 minutes. Add the corn and cook 5 minutes more. Drain.
- Set a steamer basket over 1 inch of boiling water, add the crab, cover and steam 5 to 7 minutes until hot.
- Melt the butter with the olive oil and garlic over low heat for 2 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and parsley.
- Serve crab, potatoes and corn sprinkled with the remaining Old Bay, with the lemon-garlic butter for dipping and kitchen shears to open the shells.
Calorie breakdown
Crab 130 · potatoes 90 · corn 70 · butter 50 · olive oil 30 · lemon + garlic + parsley 5 · Old Bay 2
💡 Lighter tip: Use kitchen shears to snip each leg down one side. It makes the meat easy for kids to pull out.
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