What’s Not To Love About These Crab Legs Butter Recipes?
If you are looking for some buttery hot crab leg dipping sauce for your expensive king crab legs then you’ve come to the right place.
Crab has a rich mild mannered flavor that is irresistible to unsuspecting taste buds. Butter makes everything taste great. Mo’ butter the better. Add a bit of garlic to ward off vampires and freshen your breath. These three treats together becomes one hella-good slippery sensation.
But don’t stop there…mix it up with some herbs and spices for a variation of buttery sauces.
Here are some of How To Crab’s favorites:
Basic Garlic Butter Sauce
*This is best for Alaskan crab legs but will work well with Dungeness crab legs as well.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup of butter
- 1-3 cloves of garlic minced
Method to the Rad-ness:
In a sauce pan add the butter and garlic and heat over low-medium heat stirring constantly. The dip is ready when all the butter is melted. Can be refrigerated for 2 weeks.
Try steamed crab legs for a mild crab meat texture.
Lemon Grass Butter
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup of butter
- 1 Tbsp pureed lemon grass
- 1/2 tsp tyme leaves
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Method to the Rad-ness:
In a small sauce pan slowly melt the butter on low/medium heat. Add the remaining ingredients and continue to heat for two minutes.
Devilish Hot Butter
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsp prepared mustard
- 2 Tbsp hot chili sauce
- splash of Tabasco sauce
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp fresh parsley chopped
Method to the Rad-ness:
In a small sauce pan over low/medium heat, melt the butter. Add the Worcestershire sauce, mustard, hot sauce, Tabasco sauce, lemon juice and parsley. Stir well and serve.
Bourbon Lemon Butter
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup bourbon (or sherry)
- 2 Tbsp fresh parsley chopped
Method to the Rad-ness:
In a small sauce pan over low/medium heat melt the butter. Stir in the lemon juice and bourbon slowly. Add the parsley. Let the flavors melt into the butter for a minute or two and serve.
Tarragon Butter
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup of butter
- 1 Tbsp of lemon juice
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 Tbsp fresh Tarragon (or dried, but fresh is always better)
Method to the Rad-ness:
In a small sauce pan over low/medium heat, melt the butter. Add the garlic, lemon juice and tarragon. Stir well, let the flavors blend together for a minute or two and serve.
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ¼ cup bourbon (or sherry)
- 2 Tbsp fresh parsley chopped
- In a small sauce pan over low/medium heat melt the butter. Stir in the lemon juice and bourbon slowly. Add the parsley. Let the flavors melt into the butter for a minute or two and serve.
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