Broiled Lobster Tails for 2

Submitted by Chef #429816

"Nice for a special occasion."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 1892.0 ml water
• 29.58 ml salt
• 2 (453.59 g) frozen lobster tails
• 29.58 ml butter or 29.58 ml margarine, melted
• 118.29 ml butter
• 14.79 ml lemon juice
• 14.79 ml snipped fresh parsley
• 1.23 ml hot sauce

directions

1. In large saucepan, heat water and salt to boiling.
2. Add frozen lobster tails; heat to boiling.
3. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until done, about 12 minutes.
4. Drain.
5. Wearing a clean oven mitt or using a potholder, hold and cut down sides of lobster tails with kitchen scissors to remove thin undershell covering the meat.
6. To prevent tails from curling, insert long metal skewer from meat side through tail to shell side, then back through shell and meat at opposite end.
7. Set oven control at broil and/or 550 degrees.
8. Place tails meat side up on rack in broiler pan, brush with butter.
9. Broil with tops 3 inches from heat 2 to 3 minutes. Alternatively, they can be placed over a hot grill/barbecue for 2-3 minutes.
10. Serve with Lemon Butter.

11. Lemon Butter:

12. 1/2 cup butter.
13. 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
14. 1 tablespoon snipped parsley.
15. 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce.
16. Melt butter, add remaining ingredients.

Reviews

[A.G. P.]

I disagree with boiling the lobster tails...you are losing flavor in the water. Instead, defrost them, and then broil or grill them.

 

[Cristi K.]

Fantastic! I too had a bit of a problem with the hot shells so I did run them under a little cold water while I snipped them. I did not get rid of the liquid though I saved it for seafood broth. It is fantastic for rice, potatoes and other dishes you would normally add water to.

 

[RepoGuysWife]

This is mostly rating the Lemon Butter Sauce. As my lobster tails were already fresh I did not use the boiling method. Since I live in FL we make lobster all the time, all different ways, from boiled to grilled (my favorite!). The sauce was AWESOME! Never thought about the splash of hot sauce...made a great diff. Thanks so much!

 

[Blue Violet 66]

I made hubby and I these for New Years Eve dinner with some steamed King crab legs too. I doubled the lemon butter so we would have extra for dipping the crab meat. WOW!!! This was sooooooo good!!! The only thing I did different was add some minced garlic cause we are garlic lovers =) This a keeper for sure, Thanks and Happy New Year!!

 

[mhanlon100]

definitely too much lemon juice for the amount of butter. I generally go by the rule 'you can always add more but you can't take away' . I didn't follow that rule because of the rave reviews of the sauce. Next time i'll keep back some butter and start with less lemon juice.