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Smoked Crab Legs

Posted on 06 February 2010 by Suburban Wife

Summary: A simple way to prepare crab legs without stinking up your kitchen.

Ingredients

1 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
Pinch salt
5 pounds crab legs
Apple Wood Chips

Instructions

Soak wood chunks in water to cover at least 2 hours before cooking time.
Light a fire in the smoker and let it burn for about 20 minutes or so until you get some nice coals.
Drain wood chips, and place on coals. Place water pan in smoker; add water to fill line.
Stir together butter, garlic and salt.
Brush crab legs with half of the butter mix; set aside remaining butter.
Arrange crab legs on the smoker and cover with lid.
Smoke crab legs for about 20 minutes.
Use remainder of butter mixture to dip in

Cooking time (duration): 20

Number of servings (yield): 6

Meal type: dinner

Culinary tradition: USA (General)

My rating: 5 stars: ★★★★★

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1 cup butter or margarine, melted

1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder

Pinch salt

5 pounds frozen king crab legs, thawed

4 frozen lobster tails, thawed (about 2 pounds)

Preparation

Soak wood chunks in water to cover at least 30 minutes.

Prepare charcoal fire in smoker; let burn 15 to 20 minutes. Drain chips, and place on coals. Place water pan in smoker; add water to fill line.

Stir together butter and next 4 ingredients. Divide lemon-butter mixture in half. Crack crab legs, and split lobster tails. Brush lobster and crab with half of mixture; set aside remaining mixture.

Coat rack with cooking spray; place in smoker. Arrange crab legs and lobster tails on rack; cover with grill lid. Smoke crab about 20 minutes and lobster about 45 minutes to 1 hour or until flesh is white and firm.