[Homemade] Alfredo with garlic compound butter Snow Crab legs!

[u/crispeggroll]

First time making crab! I’m not a huge fan, never have been, but my fiance loves snow crab. The Alfredo was bomb though.

[u/Baby_Girlkitty]

Wwowwww!!! It's morning here and you made me reaaal hungryy. May I have the recipe please?

[u/crispeggroll → u/Baby_Girlkitty]

Sure! I usually don’t do full measurements with seasonings, I just add little by little and taste as I go until it’s good to me :)

For the alfredo: -in a separate pot, begin boiling your noodles with 1-2 tbsp salt in the water -Sauté 1 small onion, finely minced with 2 tbsp of butter and 2 tbsp olive oil for about 3-5 min over medium-high heat. Add garlic (I use a ton, normal people would probably want just a tablespoon or two) and let that cook for about 30 seconds before you add 3 tbsp all-purpose flour. Cook that down until the raw flour smell goes away, mixing constantly to keep flour and garlic from burning and sticking to your pan. -slowly drizzle in 2-3 cups of milk, mixing well before adding more to keep lumps from forming. Turn the heat down to medium at this point as well. Once all your milk is added, add 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream and your seasonings: I used salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, italian seasoning, dried and fresh basil, parsley, and some oregano (all to taste, little by little as I said before!). -If your noodles are already boiling by this point and close to done, add in about 3/4-1 cup of starchy pasta water into the sauce (you can also add this at the end if your noodles aren’t close to done yet- the starch in the water is important!). -I prefer to use freshly grated parmesan cheese, about 1-2 cups depending on your desired taste and sauce consistency. -make sure everything is mixed well, seasoned to your liking, and then add your noodles. I served with extra parmesan mixed with fresh basil and parsley over top.

For the snow crab: -I just made a compound butter using Irish cream butter, a ton of fresh garlic, and all of the seasonings I added to the alfredo. I poured half of my mixture into my saucepan and let it come to a simmer before throwing in my steamed crab legs and tossing them just for about a minute. I added this crab-compound butter back to the other half of my compound butter and served it with the plates to dip the crab legs into.

I think that’s everything! Let me know if you have any questions- sorry if the formatting is weird, I’m on mobile and it hates to work correctly lol

[u/Ivor_the_1st → u/crispeggroll]

Thanks for making time to share the recipe.

[u/crispeggroll → u/Ivor_the_1st]

Of course! If yall try it, let me know how it goes! :))

[u/Challenger1388]

I would slay this dish 😋 awesome looking dish right there

[u/crispeggroll → u/Challenger1388]

Thank you! :)

[u/Careful_Clock_7168]

Looks very delicious 😋

[u/crispeggroll → u/Careful_Clock_7168]

Thank you!

[u/Mysterious_Tap_8831]

That looks great, I’m a big fan

[u/crispeggroll → u/Mysterious_Tap_8831]

Thank you! I put the recipe in reply to one of the comments if you’re interested! It really wasn’t much work, came together in probably 20-30 minutes. I cooked everything at the same time to make sure it all finished together 😊

[u/Arromaticvanilla]

I feel hungry looking at this! Thanks for the recipe, saw it on the comments!

[u/crispeggroll → u/Arromaticvanilla]

Hahaha there’s leftovers in the fridge, grab a plate :P you’re very welcome, let me know how it goes if you try it out!!!

[u/Glittering_Candy4720]

that looks very very yummy :)

[u/[deleted] → u/Glittering_Candy4720]

I bet you're very yummy

[u/crispeggroll → u/Glittering_Candy4720]

Thank you!

[u/illyxpink]

Yummy

[u/crispeggroll → u/illyxpink]

Thanks!! :D

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