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Angled view of a bowl of Instant Pot snow crab legs with a butter sauce.

Instant Pot Crab Legs

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Ready to eat in less than 15 minutes, these Instant Pot crab legs and Old Bay butter sauce will become your new favorite dinner.
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 5 minutes
Total: 20 minutes
Recipe makes approximately 4 servings

Equipment Needed

  • Instant Pot
  • trivet for Instant Pot
  • Small saucepan
  • whisk

Ingredients Needed

For the Crab Legs

  • 4 snow crab leg clusters (see Notes)
  • 1 cup water

For the Butter Sauce

  • ⅓ cup unsalted butter
  • ½ teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
  • ½-1 tablespoon lemon juice (to taste)

Instructions

For the Crab Legs

  • Pour 1 cup water into Instant Pot, then fit trivet into pot and place all 4 crab leg clusters on trivet.
    Overhead view of snow crab leg clusters in Instant Pot.
  • Secure lid on Instant Pot with vent in Sealing position. Set to Manual High Pressure for 2 minutes.
  • Once cook time is finished, carefully Quick Release steam and remove lid. Serve immediately with butter sauce (below) or just melted butter.

For the Butter Sauce

  • Heat small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add butter to saucepan and melt fully. Once butter begins to simmer, remove saucepan from heat. Whisk in minced garlic, Old Bay seasoning, and lemon juice to taste.
    Overhead view of garlic butter sauce in silver saucepan with large spoon.

Recipe Notes

  • For King Crab legs, cook on Manual High Pressure for 5 minutes.
  • Make it Dairy Free: Use a dairy-free butter.

Nutrition Info (Approximate)

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 228kcal | Protein: 23g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Total Carbs: 1g | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Net Carbs: 0g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Cholesterol: 108mg | Sodium: 770mg | Potassium: 11mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg