I love, and crave crab legs pretty much on a daily basis, they are pricey to order at most restaurants, and the buffets are also kind of expensive, but most definitely worth it, if you are okay with standing in line for like an hour just to get in, and then you have to watch as people pigishly pile pounds and pounds of the crab legs on their plate like its their last  meal!  I do love them and make sure to get my moneys worth, but with a little more decorum. I really wanted them last year for new years eve, but didnt want to deal with the massive crowds at the casino buffet, so i decided to go buy my own and make them at home, couldnt be too hard, right? That is right, now they are a little expensive at the seafood counter, about $29usd a pound, for king crab, and that comes out to about two legs, i got 2 pounds, it was new years eve, why not treat myself! They turn out so amazing in the insta pot, omg, i didnt even need a shell cracker, i just used a fork and slid it along the shell and it popped right open and revealed all the meatiness!

2 lbs of king crab legs

1 1/2 cups of water

1/2 stick of melted butter

 

so this is one of those really easy, quick recipes, i wouldnt even call it that. here is the instapot prep for yummy crab legs.

place a steam basket in the bottom of the instapot

add 1 1/2 cups of water

place the crab legs onto the steam basket

close the lid, select high pressure

set timer for 3 mins, allow 10 mins for the pressure to build

release the pressure using the quick release, about 5 mins

serve with melted butter, and enjoy!