Here’s yet another great use for your Instant Pot—easy pressure-cooked crab legs. It’s a quick, simple, and elegant dinner for two, or a fun spin on a seafood boil. Depending on the size of your Instant Pot, the amount of crab leg clusters you can cook at a time is limited, but the prep and cleanup is so easy and the result is so delicious and tender you’ll never want them any other way.

Recipe by Well Done

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Recipe Summary

active:
2 mins
total:
10 mins
Yield:
Serves 2 to 3 (serving size: 1 1/2 clusters)
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Ingredients

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Directions

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  • Pour water in bottom of an instant pot, and place rack inside. Set crab legs on top of rack, and secure lid. Cook on high pressure 1 minute. Carefully manually release pressure. Serve warm with butter and lemon.

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