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BOILED LOBSTERS



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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

2 or 3 tablespoons salt
4 live lobsters (about 1 1/2 pounds each)
1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter
Lemon wedges

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



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I learned this style of cooking from my mother-in-law. This recipe will work with crawfish or shrimp. You can add as many lobsters as you want, but cook no more than two at a time.

Provided by Venita Johnson

Categories     Seafood     Shellfish     Lobster

Time 45m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 10

3 gallons water
2 large onions, quartered
10 cloves garlic, peeled and cut in half
2 lemons, quartered
2 oranges, quartered
5 stalks celery, quartered
4 tablespoons black pepper
4 tablespoons seasoned salt
6 fresh jalapeno peppers
2 fresh live lobsters

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 A LOBSTER



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Make and share this How to Boil a Lobster recipe from Food.com.

Provided by quotFoodThe Way To

Categories     Lobster

Time 9m

Yield 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 lb lobster (9 to 11 minutes)
1 1/4 lbs lobsters (12 to 14 minutes)
1 1/2 lbs lobsters (14 to 16 minutes)
1 3/4 lbs lobsters (18 to 20 minutes)
2 lbs lobsters (20 to 22 minutes)
2 lbs lobsters (cook an additional 1 minute for every 1/4 lb over 2 lbs)

Steps:

  • HOW TO COOK A LOBSTER:. Place a steamer rack, pasta insert, or bed of seaweed in the bottom of a large pot. Add about 1 inch of water and bring to a boil. Add the lobsters and cook covered until done based on the size of the lobsters according to the above table.
  • Serve with warm butter and lemon wedges.
  • HOW TO EAT A LOBSTER:.
  • Twist off the claws from the body.
  • Crack the claws with a cracker or pull apart small claw from large claw and pull meat out with hands or pick.
  • Separate the tail from the body by twisting.
  • Push tail meat up and out the other end with fingers. You will find a strip of meat on the outer part - pull this off - you can eat it.
  • Underneath it is the lobster's digestive tract - you don't want to eat this part.
  • Pull the shell off the body of the lobster and underneath you will find the green "tomalley" (the liver) - you probably don't want to eat this part.
  • Pull the small claws off the body and suck out the meat.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 3321, Fat 32.4, SaturatedFat 7.8, Cholesterol 5477.5, Sodium 18244, Protein 712.5

LOBSTER BOIL



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 1h30m

Yield 4 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

Kosher salt
5 small onions, quartered
1 large bulb fennel, trimmed and thinly sliced
20 small tri-colored potatoes
1/2 head garlic
One 12-ounce bottle light beer, such as pilsner
1 pound kielbasa sausage, cut into 2-inch pieces
12 sprigs fresh thyme
4 ears corn, husked
Four 1 1/2-pound live lobsters
2 1/2 pounds fresh hard-shelled clams, such as littlenecks
Salted butter, melted, for serving
Lemons, cut into wedges, for serving
Crusty bread, for serving

Steps:

  • In the bottom of a steamer pot, put 4 cups water and 2 tablespoons salt. In the top portion of the pot, place the onions, fennel, potatoes and garlic. Pour the beer over the vegetables and add the sausage and 5 of the thyme sprigs. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to medium-high. Cover and steam for 15 minutes.
  • Then create layers, first by adding the corn, then the lobsters, followed by the clams and, finally, the remaining thyme sprigs. Cover and cook until the lobsters are bright red, the clams are open and the potatoes are cooked through, another 15 to 25 minutes.
  • Drain the liquid from the pot and reserve it in a bowl. Transfer the shellfish, sausage, potatoes, vegetables and corn onto a table covered with newspaper. Enjoy with melted butter, lemon wedges, crusty bread and the reserved broth.

HOW TO BOIL AND EAT LOBSTER



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Learn how to cook lobster with our comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide. Tips for buying, storing, boiling, and eating fresh lobster at home.

Provided by Elise Bauer

Categories     How To     Lobster     New England     Seafood     Shellfish

Time 17m

Number Of Ingredients 4

Live lobsters, 1 per person
A large pot of salted water
Butter
Bread for dipping into the lobster-infused butter (optional)

Steps:

  • Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil: Fill a large pot 3/4 full of water. Add a tablespoon of salt for every quart of water. The water should be salty like sea water (in fact you can use clean sea water if you have it). Bring the water to a rapid boil.
  • Remove the lobsters from pot to drain: Remove the lobsters from the pot with tongs and place on a plate to drain and cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 106 kcal, Carbohydrate 0 g, Cholesterol 84 mg, Fiber 0 g, Protein 8 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 1084 mg, Sugar 0 g, Fat 8 g, UnsaturatedFat 0 g

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