Grilled Lobster Tails

Ranikabani's Note:

I found this recipe that I had written down probably when I was in my late teens, so I'm not sure of its source. It's an quick and easy recipe...delicious too.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 lobster tails
• ½ cup butter
• 1 clove garlic , finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon, rind of
• ½ teaspoon finely chopped green onion top
• ½ lemon , cut in wedges

Directions:

1. Turn the oven on to"grill".
2. Prepare sauce by melting butter and stirring in the lemon peel, green onion tops, and garlic.
3. Keep it warm on minimum heat.
4. Prepare lobster by cutting along edges on tail and under edge, cracking several joints in overshell to prevent it from curling.
5. Grease a rack and place lobster shell side down, 4-6 inches above the top element.
6. Brush tails with butter sauce.
7. Cover with tin foil and cut a few slits for vents.
8. Grill for 5 minute.
9. Brush with sauce.
10. Turn lobster over and grill covered for an additional 3-5 minutes or until the flesh is no longer opague.
11. Serve with remaining sauce.
12. Garnish with lemon wedges.

Reviews

[West Coast Girl]

This recipe is great!! I made this for my Husband on the 4th of July. Due to his dietary restrictions I substituted 4 tablespoons of olive oil for butter. Also we added 3 more cloves of garlic, crushed as well as four 4 extra teaspoon of green onions to compensate for the lack of butter. To my surprise it was absolutely delicious. I can only imagine it's even more decadent with butter. Thank you for sharing this recipe.

[SLW81]

This was wonderful!!!! we grilled the lobster tails on a charcole grill and they were perfection! The butter, garlic, lemon zest, chive butter was great! I doubled it, baised both the meat and shell side while grilling, the rest we used as our dip. Also we like the lemon flavor so I doubled the lemon zest,we didn't even have to squeeze a lemon on the finished product. I'm giving it all the stars I can!!! We will grill them again but will use the butter sauce with other dishes.

[Acadia*]

These were excellent! I however, made them on my BBQ grill. My DH actually did the grilling part which he grilled to perfection. Yummy summer dinner party treat. Made for Zaar Chef Alphabet Soup tag 2009.