Grilled Crab Legs

Tender, luscious Grilled Crab Legs cook up in just 10 minutes and pair deliciously with garlic butter. You will love every bite of these crab legs on the grill!

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword crab legs on grill, grill crab legs, grilled crab legs, grilling crab legs

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings

Calories 481kcal

Author Isabel Laessig

Equipment

Ingredients

3 pounds king crab legs or snow crab legs, or dungeness crab legs
1 serving garlic butter sauce recipe

Instructions

Preheat your grill to medium. Split the shells of 3 pounds of crab legs and place them on a baking sheet split-side up.
3 pounds king crab legs
Combine the ingredients to make garlic butter sauce in a bowl using a spoon. Use melted butter so you have a sauce.
1 serving garlic butter sauce recipe
Gently spoon the garlic butter over the meat of the crab legs. Reserve additional butter for serving after grilling crab legs.
Place the split crab legs on the grill, shell-side down. Close the lid and grill for approximately 10 minutes or until the crab is cooked through. Crab leg meat is cooked when it is reddish-orange and opaque.
Remove from the grill and serve with the delicious garlic butter sauce and fresh lemon wedges. Enjoy!

Notes

Make sure to reserve additional garlic butter after spooning it onto the crab meat so you have extra to serve the grilled king crab legs with when they’re done grilling. It is just so flavorful!
I love to grill crab legs along with beef for a surf and turf pairing. My favorite choice has to be either Grilled Beef Short Ribs or Portuguese Beef Skewers!

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