What Are Crab legs and How Can I Use Them?

Crab legs is easier to cook with than it looks. Here's how to choose, use, and store them, what to substitute, and 4 recipes to get you started.

Quick facts

In Chinese: 蟹腿
British (UK) term: Crab legs
en français: pattes de crabe
en español: patas de cangrejo

Recipes using crab legs

There are 4 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Fihserman's Chowder

Fisherman's seafood chowder loaded with clams, crab legs, shrimp, and scallops in a bacon-laced milk broth thickened with instant potato flakes.

Cream Cheese & Crab Sushi Rolls

Homemade sushi rolls stuffed with cream cheese, imitation crab, and crisp cucumber wrapped in seasoned rice and nori. A beginner-friendly roll you can nail on the first try.

California Bouillabaisse

California-style bouillabaisse with lobster, snapper, halibut, shrimp, crab, clams, oysters, and mussels in saffron-fennel broth with white wine and tomato. Pacific coast classic.