How would you prepare these legs?

King crab legs are delectable without any seasoning whatsoever. Just boil them for a few minutes....they're already cooked when you buy them....just have to heat them up. Dip the meat in drawn butter.

You're supposed to steam them not boil

I know. I'm on the East coast for work and they steam everything we boil as a general rule. Just wondering what southerners would do with such high-priced, shelled goodness.

I put some water in a pot and put a steamer basket in the pot and steam them just long enough to heat them up. They're already cooked and plenty salty. The meat is very sweet. Steamed some about 3 weeks ago. I make some clarified butter and add fresh squeezed lemon juice once it's hot. Had fresh corn on the cob and steamed artichokes as sides. Good meal for all.

$30 lb seems steep, I thought the going rate was ~$20?

Mine never hit water.

There's the wet paper towel and into the microwave method that I've never tried (Alton Brown is an advocate of this method), but I simply put them in some sort of steamer. A wok with a small rack that usually comes with them works great because the width of the wok facilitates the length of the legs. They're cooked already, so just warm them through without cooking more.

Absolutely no seasoning because there's no need to mess with the taste of these gorgeous morsels, but be sure to have some clarified / drawn butter to dip in. I like to use ghee actually.

I think unless you're buying them in Alaska they're frozen.

It was $40/dozen for steamed blue crabs. I'm dying for crabs and I still opted for shrimp. They didn't price these cooked, so yea just frozen just like that.

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They didn't price these cooked, so yea just frozen just like that.

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King crab comes cooked and frozen. I've never seen raw legs. They just need to be heated in some fashion. Remarkably, that crabmeat freezes well unlike jumbo lump etc...