🦞 Golden Lobster Medallions in Aromatic Garlic-Herb Butter 🧄✨
Ingredients:
# For the Lobster:
- 1½ to 2 lbs lobster tail meat, cut into bite-sized chunks
- 2 tablespoons olive oil or unsalted butter
- Salt and pepper, to taste
# For the Garlic-Herb Butter Sauce:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon seafood stock
- Red pepper flakes
Instructions:
1. Prepare the Lobster
- If using frozen lobster, thaw completely
- Remove meat from shells and cut into bite-sized chunks
2. Cook the Lobster
- Heat oil or butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat
- Sauté lobster chunks for 2-3 minutes until opaque
- Season with salt and pepper
- Remove from skillet and set aside
3. Create the Sauce
- In the same skillet, melt butter over medium heat
- Sauté minced garlic for 1-2 minutes until fragrant
- Add seafood stock and simmer for 2 minutes
- Incorporate lemon juice, thyme, and red pepper flakes
- Simmer for one minute
4. Combine
- Return lobster to skillet
- Gently coat with sauce
- Simmer 1-2 minutes
- Adjust seasoning to taste
5. Finish and Serve
- Transfer to serving platter
- Spoon sauce over lobster
- Garnish with parsley
- Serve with lemon wedges
Chef's Secret: For the most tender lobster, remove it from heat as soon as it turns opaque – it will continue cooking slightly in the residual heat of the sauce.
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