How to Make Crab with Drawn Butter

Ingredients

• ¼ cup sea salt
• 1 cup salted butter, cut into cubes
• 3 lb (1.5 kg) crab legs
• 4 lemon wedges
• 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped

1. Fill a 2-gallon (2 l) pot ½ full of water. Add sea salt. Cover, place over high heat, and bring to a boil.
2. While water comes to a boil, heat a small saucepan over low heat. Add salted butter.
3. Wait for butter to melt and foam, about 2 to 4 minutes. When foaming stops, remove butter from heat.
4. Using a spoon, carefully skim off and discard cloudy white foam from melted butter. Keep warm.
5. When water boils, add crab legs, cover pot, and cook for 2 minutes. Remove crab legs from the pot.
6. Pour drawn butter into 4 ramekins and place on 4 plates. Place lemon wedges and parsley in 2 separate bowls. Serve crab legs whole with an extra bowl for shells.
7. To eat, break legs at each joint. Use seafood crackers and picks to carefully remove crab meat from shells. Squeeze lemon juice over crab meat, dip in drawn butter, and sprinkle with fresh parsley.