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Frog Legs Recipe in Garlic Butter

Frog Legs Recipe in Garlic Butter

An easy Belgium dinner. Ready in about 27 minutes. Difficulty: easy.

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 4 people +

Recipe makes 4

Fresh & other

  • 11 oz frogs legs
  • 3 cups milk
  • 1 ½ tsp garlic
  • 2 tbsp butter

Sauces & oils

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
Spices & seasonings (3): parsley, salt, pepper
  • 1 tbsp parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
  • Pinch salt
  • Pinch pepper

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

  1. Let your frog legs soak in your milk in the fridge for an hour, 2.

  2. Rinse your legs plus pat them dry with kitchen paper, 3.

  3. Add your olive oil plus half of the garlic butter to a big wok or frying pan.

  4. Place it on high heat till the butter starts to foam.

  5. Don't let it burn, 4.

  6. Add the frog legs to the pan.

  7. Pan fry them for around 10 minutes until they are golden on both sides.

  8. Turn the over regularly, 5.

  9. Add the rest of your garlic butter right in the end together using the freshly chopped parsley.

  10. Season using a pinch of pepper and salt as you like, 6.

  11. Divide the frog legs over plates.

  12. Dish up with grilled bread and a green salad.

On the side: Green salad

A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.

How to make it (10 min)
  1. Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
  2. Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.

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Recipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.