Lobster stew

I love my time on Henry's lobster boat out in Linakan Bay, Boothbay Harbor. This recipe is our family favorite. A nice rich stock makes it so.

• Ready In: 3 hrs
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 3 (1 1/2lb)  live lobsters
• 3  pieces skinless chicken
• 1  onion, finely minced
•  salt & pepper
• 3  cans evaporated milk
• 3  tablespoons salted butter (homemade style)

Directions

1. Fill a large stew pot with 2 inches of boiling water.
2. Cover and cook lobsters for 12-15 minutes.
3. Remove meat from shell and set aside.
4. Stock: Remove/rinse any red roe and tamale from bodies.
5. Put lobster bodies and shells back into cooking water.
6. Add onion, S&P, and chicken pieces.
7. Over low heat reduce to 1/2 of original water level.
8. Remove shells and chicken pieces.
9. Strain stock.
10. Pick fine meat from bodies and add to claw and tail meat.
11. Add milk and butter to strained stock.
12. Heat slowly.
13. Add lobster meat.
14. Taste and add more S& P if needed.