BOILED LOBSTER TAILS
Nothing epitomizes summer in Maine more than lobster.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Seafood Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Put court-bouillon into a large stockpot. Cover, and bring to a boil over high heat. Working in batches, plunge lobsters headfirst into water. Cover; return to a low boil. Cook until bright red and cooked through, 7 to 10 minutes. Using tongs, transfer lobsters to a platter.
- Using a kitchen towel to protect your hands, twist off tail and claws of 1 lobster; discard body. Using kitchen shears, cut along length of tail to make it easier to remove meat. Set tail aside. Separate claws from knuckles; twist and pull off pincers. With back of a knife, crack knuckle end of claw to loosen shell; remove meat. Push knuckle meat out of shell. Reserve for another use. Repeat with remaining lobsters. Refrigerate tails until ready to serve, up to 1 day. Serve with pesto and salad cream.
HOW TO BOIL LOBSTER TAILS
Vanessa Seder is a recipe designer and food stylist, who has been seen on Hallmark Channel's 'Home and Family', NBC's '207', and more. Vanessa gives you her favorite way to boil lobster tails, from Maine Lobster Now.
Provided by Vanessa Seder
Categories entree
Time 5m
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Thaw your lobster tails, then put a skewer through them to keep them from curling.
- Bring a pot of water to a boil.
- Reduce heat to a soft boil and add Maine sea salt.
- Drop tails in one at a time and set your kitchen timer for the times listed below. The times are the same for larger quantities.
- Cool the cooked lobster tails right away with cold water or ice to keep them from overcooking.
- Serve and enjoy your boiled lobster tails!
BOILED LOBSTERS
There is truly no more magnificent feast than a lobster dinner, whether it's eaten at a lobster pound picnic table or on your very own deck. At Thurston's Pound in Bernard, Maine, you choose your lobsters from the tanks near the order window, and then they're boiled in clean seawater in a large propane-fired cooker. To replicate this at home, just be sure to add enough salt to the water to create the right balance of ocean-briny flavor. A mere swipe through melted butter, a squirt of lemon and that's all anyone needs. Heaven!
Provided by Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Fill a large stockpot about half full of water. Add the salt and bring to a boil. When the water has come to a rolling boil, plunge the lobsters headfirst into the pot. Clamp the lid back on tightly and return the water to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and cook the lobsters for 12 to 18 minutes (hard-shell lobsters will take the longer time), until the shells turn bright red and the tail meat is firm and opaque when checked.
- Lift the lobsters out of the water with tongs and drain in a colander. Place underside up on a work surface and, grasping firmly, split the tails lengthwise with a large knife. Drain off the excess liquid. Serve with melted butter and lemon wedges.
BOILED LOBSTER
Steps:
- Pour the water into a large pot and add the onions, garlic, lemons, oranges, celery, black pepper, seasoned salt and jalapeno peppers. Bring to a full rolling boil and boil for 20 minutes.
- Add the lobsters and place a lid over the pot. Boil for 15 minutes (depending on the size of your lobsters). Remove the lobsters from the pot, and place in a colander under cool running water to stop the cooking. Serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 793.1 calories, Carbohydrate 77 g, Cholesterol 382.7 mg, Fat 5.2 g, Fiber 18.5 g, Protein 117.7 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 7793.5 mg, Sugar 25.3 g
HOW TO BOIL LOBSTER TAILS (WITH PICTURES) - WIKIHOW
Boiled lobster tail might just be one of the most delicious meals out there. Topped with fresh herbs and lemon juice and served with melted butter, boiled lobster tail is savory, buttery perfection. It's also really easy to make at home....
Provided by wikiHow
Categories Lobster
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Find fresh or frozen lobster tails at a grocery or seafood store. Unless you live in a place where freshly caught lobster can be purchased at supermarkets, your local specialty market or a quality grocery store will have the best lobster for you to use. The fresher the better, but frozen lobster tails work too. Avoid lobster tails that are packaged with sodium triphosphate. The chemical weighs down the lobster tails, making them more expensive by weight.
- Thaw frozen tails in the refrigerator 8-10 hours before cooking. You can keep the tails in the packaging they came in. They need time to fully defrost to prevent any sticking between the meat and the shell, as well as to improve the evenness of the cooking when you boil them. If you don't have time to thaw the tails in the fridge overnight, thaw them in cold water for at least 30 minutes.
- Rinse the tails in cool water. Hold them under the tap with your hands or tongs, trying to rinse every surface of the tail. When you have cleaned the tail, you can dry it with a paper towel or let it air dry before you trim it. This prevents any unclean substances that may have been on the lobster tails from contaminating your food. Lobsters live at the bottom of the sea, and can have quite a bit of debris on them.
- Use shears or a knife to cut the lobster tail lengthwise along the middle. You should cut the lobster all the way back to the very tip of the fin. Try to avoid cutting into the meat, so that it does not break apart during the boiling. Instead, keep the shears well above the meat by pulling up on the shell as you cut. Kitchen shears are a safer choice than a knife, since the knife has to face upwards to cut the shell.
- Use your thumps to pull apart the tail along the incision. The incision you made allows you to easily break apart the shell all the way along the middle. Keep the meat inside the shell for boiling and serving.
BROILED LOBSTER TAILS
Steps:
- Preheat the broiler.
- Place lobster tails on a baking sheet. With a sharp knife or kitchen shears, carefully cut top side of lobster shells lengthwise. Pull apart shells slightly, and season meat with equal amounts butter, paprika, salt, and white pepper.
- Broil lobster tails until lightly browned and lobster meat is opaque, about 5 to 10 minutes. Garnish with lemon wedges to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 591.8 calories, Carbohydrate 7.4 g, Cholesterol 302.5 mg, Fat 48 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 37 g, SaturatedFat 29.5 g, Sodium 891.1 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
STEAMED LOBSTER TAILS
Steps:
- Pour about 1 inch of water in the bottom of a large pot and bring to a boil. Add the salt and place a steamer insert inside the pot so that it is just above the water level. Put the lobster tails on the rack and cover the pot. Cover and steam for 8 minutes. And don't peek! Serve with melted butter.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 356.4 calories, Carbohydrate 0.9 g, Cholesterol 222.5 mg, Fat 24.5 g, Protein 32.2 g, SaturatedFat 14.9 g, Sodium 1986.6 mg
EASY BROILED LOBSTER TAILS
Steps:
- Preheat the oven's broiler.
- Thaw the lobster tails partially and use kitchen scissors to cut the shells open lengthwise down the back. Brush the exposed meat with olive oil and season with lemon pepper. Place on a broiler pan with the opening facing upwards.
- Broil the tails about 6 inches from the heat source until they are opaque and slightly browned at the edges, about 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 213.9 calories, Carbohydrate 1.1 g, Cholesterol 161.5 mg, Fat 8.3 g, Protein 32 g, SaturatedFat 1.2 g, Sodium 734.2 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
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