Grilled Lobster Tails
Classic fire grilled lobster tails basted in a lemon garlic butter.
Ingredients
4 lobster tails
½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
1 tbsp olive oil
Lemon Garlic Butter
8 tbsp butter
4 cloves garlic minced
¼ cup parsley minced
1 juiced lemon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
extra lemon wedges, butter, parsley for serving
Instructions
Preheat your grill to a medium-high heat
Prepare your lemon garlic butter by combining all the ingredients in a small sauce pan and simmer on low for 5 minutes. Keep butter warm until ready to grill.
Prepare your lobster by first cutting down the shell with kitchen shears. Flip the tail over and crack the ribs to make it easier to split the shells open. Remove the vein from within the shell and discard vein. With a sharp knife, slice down the middle of the lobster meat, taking care not to cut all the way through the membrane of the shell.
Press the lobster tails open to expose the meat. Take a wooden skewer, and push the wooden skewer all the way through the meat, from head to tail. This will prevent the lobster from curling when grilled. Finally brush a little olive oil over the meat and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Place the lobster tails, meat side down, on the grill. Close the lid and grill for 6 minutes. Flip the tails over and brush your lemon garlic butter over the lobster meat. Cook an additional 4-6 minutes, continuing to brush butter on your lobster tails.
Remove the lobster and serve with additional lemon wedges, butter and fresh parsley.
Recipe from Patrick Maese