{"id":11585,"date":"2024-02-29T13:48:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T18:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/?p=11585"},"modified":"2024-02-29T13:48:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T18:48:19","slug":"oven-roasted-foil-wrapped-king-crab-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/oven-roasted-foil-wrapped-king-crab-legs\/","title":{"rendered":"Oven-Roasted Foil-Wrapped King Crab Legs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/OvenRoastedFoilWrappedKingCrabLegs.jpg\" alt=\"Oven-Roasted Foil-Wrapped King Crab Legs\" \/><br><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/oven-roasted-foil-wrapped-king-crab-legs\/emailpopup\/\" onclick=\"email_popup(this.href); return false;\"  title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Oven-Roasted Foil-Wrapped King Crab Legs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 15 minutes<br \/>\nRoast: 20 minutes \u2022 Serves: 4<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>4 <\/span>garlic cloves, minced<br \/>\n<span>3\/4 <\/span>cup unsalted butter (1-1\/2 sticks)<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>tablespoons coarsely chopped drained capers<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>tablespoons fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n<span>4\t<\/span>pounds king crab legs, thawed if necessary<br \/>\n<span>\t<\/span>Lemon wedges for serving (optional)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span> Preheat oven to 400\u00b0; cut 4 (12 x 36-inch) sheets aluminum foil. In small saucepan, heat garlic, butter, capers and lemon juice over medium-low heat until butter is melted; cook 2 minutes or until fragrant, stirring frequently. Makes about 1 cup.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span> Place 1 pound crab legs lengthwise in center of each sheet; brush legs with some butter mixture. Fold 2 ends of foil up over crab, overlapping; roll up edges of foil to seal. Place packets, sealed side up, on rimmed baking pans; roast 20 minutes or until heated through.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span> Carefully cut packets open with kitchen scissors; transfer crab to plates. To remove crabmeat from shells, break crab legs apart at their joints. Use scissors to cut through the shells lengthwise to expose the crabmeat. Extract the crabmeat from the shells with a seafood fork.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>4.<\/span> Serve crab legs with remaining butter mixture for dipping and lemon wedges, if desired.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (1 pound crab, 1\/4 cup butter mixture):<br \/>\n522 Calories, 39g Fat, 22g Saturated Fat, 214mg Cholesterol, 2535mg Sodium,<br \/>\n2g Carbohydrates, 0g Fiber, 0g Sugars, 0g Added Sugars, 44g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oven-Roasted Foil-Wrapped King Crab Legs Prep: 15 minutes Roast: 20 minutes \u2022 Serves: 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-11585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-dishes","category-recipes","tag-2023-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11585"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11587,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11585\/revisions\/11587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}