Garlic Butter Lobster Tails (Printable)
Tender broiled lobster with rich garlic butter, ready in 25 minutes for special occasions.
# What You Need:
→ Seafood
01 - 4 lobster tails (6 oz each), thawed if frozen
→ Garlic Butter
02 - 6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
03 - 4 cloves garlic, minced
04 - 1 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
05 - 1 tsp lemon juice
06 - ½ tsp paprika
07 - ¼ tsp salt
08 - ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
→ Garnish
09 - Lemon wedges, for serving
10 - Extra chopped parsley
# Steps:
01 - Preheat oven broiler to high setting and position rack in upper third of oven.
02 - Using kitchen shears, cut down center of top shell of each lobster tail, stopping at tail fin. Gently lift meat keeping attached at base and rest on top of shell.
03 - In small bowl, combine melted butter, minced garlic, parsley, lemon juice, paprika, salt and pepper.
04 - Place prepared lobster tails on foil-lined baking sheet. Brush garlic butter mixture generously over lobster meat.
05 - Broil lobster tails 8-10 minutes until meat is opaque and slightly browned, basting once halfway through with remaining butter mixture.
06 - Serve immediately with lemon wedges and sprinkle fresh parsley.
# Expert Hints:
01 -
- Restaurant quality lobster in under 30 minutes without any fancy techniques or equipment
- The garlic butter sauce is so addictive youll want to put it on everything from bread to steak
- Impressive enough for anniversary dinners but easy enough for a random Tuesday craving
02 -
- Dont walk away from the broiler, lobster goes from perfect to overcooked in about 60 seconds flat
- Butterflying the tails helps them cook evenly and makes them look dramatically impressive
- The tails will continue cooking slightly after you pull them out, so err on the side of underdone
03 -
- Have everything ready before you start broiling, because timing really does matter here
- Pat the lobster meat dry before brushing with butter, this helps it brown instead of steam