There is no need to go to a high-end restaurant for crab legs when you can easily do them at home in your Instant Pot®. From the freezer to the table in 20 minutes. Save your money. It honestly doesn't get any easier than this.

Instant Pot® Simple Steamed Crab Legs

water

crab legs

lemon

butter, melted

Place a trivet in the multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot&reg;) and add water. Place crab legs on top of the trivet; you may need to let them thaw for a few minutes so they will fit.


Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 3 minutes. Allow 10 minutes for pressure to build.


Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Using tongs, transfer crab legs to a serving dish. Squeeze lemon juice on top and serve with melted butter.


I made it with snow crabs. I followed the recipe but added a generous sprinkling of Old Bay seasoning. They were wonderful!
It should be noted that this recipe is probably for a 6 qt Instant Pot. I used 2 cups of water with my 8 qt Instant Pot

Excellent recipe - simple to follow.  I used frozen snow crab legs and cooked at high pressure for 5 minutes with quick release in a 6 quart pot and they were perfect. The weight of the crab legs I used was 1.6 pounds (not 2 pounds as the recipe recommends)...and that didn’t make any difference.

King Crab is extremely expensive here so I went with Russian Red, 7 ounces = $10.00, King Crab is four times the price. Normally I wouldn't use a recipe with only one review for something so expensive but I trust this submitter's recipes and I wasn't disappointed! Other than using less crab I followed the recipe to the T.  Honestly, this tasted like it just came off of the boat! I'm so happy that I found this recipe and it will be my go to going forward. I served this with a simple Caesar salad and Spaetzle. I forgot to mention that I used a cleaver to cut these  into pieces that would fit into my 6 quart Instant Pot, start to finish, 14 minutes. Thanks Nicole, I throughly enjoyed this!

I added a little bit of crab boil to the water. PERFECT!

Super easy to make, for extra flavor a sprinkled a generous portion of Old Bay on the Crab Legs before starting the steam and they came out amazing....

Great, easy recipe! Will def use it again. We did what a few other reviews suggested and added a little seasoning on them while they cooked. Family all enjoyed it, plus easy clean up! Thanks!

Super easy to make and the guys loved them!

First time making crab legs in the Instapot. Took the 1-1/2 cups of water and added broth cubes. Salted and added garlic powder. Layed 4 portions in the pot, sprinkled with Old Bay seasoning. Sealed and set to PC for 5 min. Quick released and removed. Super delicious! We wanted more!

instant pot® simple steamed crab legs

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total: 25 minutes

Servings: 4

Cost: $2.44 /serving

Author : Soup Loving Nicole

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