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Post by kpolk on Nov 29, 2009 19:51:27 GMT -5
Simple Grilled Lobster Tails
I took a bunch of recipes and played around till I found a way we like it. Wednesday was our anniversary and I cooked this on the grill.
To prepare lobster tails for grilling: Using kitchen shears, cut the bottom membrane off the lobster tails and those sharp spiky points and discard.
Partially loosen the meat from the shell, leaving the end of the tail attached. Gently lift the loosened tail meat up and rest just on top of the shell. Brush tails with melted butter all around the meat. Then I sprinkle with seasoning, usually Cavender's Greek seasoning or Tony Chachere's Cajun seasoning. Press the tail meat back down into the shell.
Place some metal skewers or some wooden skewers you have soaked in water through the tails lengthwise to keep them from curling up.
When the grill is ready, arrange the tails shell side down 3-4 inches from the heat and cook 8-10 minutes. Brush with butter again, and turn tails over so the meat side is on the grill. Continue to cook 2-4 minutes until the meat is cooked through. It will be a opaque white color. Serve with melted butter.
I also did baked potatoes and a green salad with iceberg and romaine lettuce, green onions and home made blue cheese dressing. It was a very simple and very delicious dinner.
Another favorite or ours is to serve this with a couple of filet mignon steaks for a delicious surf and turf dinner.
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Post by cbk on Dec 14, 2009 7:59:34 GMT -5
Ken, it does all sound wonderful. I just have one question, where is your money tree located? Lobster and filet mignon?? I haven't seen those two critters in many a moon.  |
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Post by gloria on Dec 14, 2009 8:28:43 GMT -5
Are the lobsters dead or alive when you are doing the nip and tuck? |
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Post by kpolk on Dec 14, 2009 17:39:17 GMT -5
Ken, it does all sound wonderful. I just have one question, where is your money tree located? Lobster and filet mignon?? I haven't seen those two critters in many a moon. Well it was our anniversary so it was worth a special celebration. We don't have it as often as we once did but Lana loves it. She is really more into the lobster but I like it with the steak also. Normally I get the frozen lobster tails from Sams and also a pack of 4 nice tenderloin filets. The Sams steaks are pretty thick so to get hers as done as she likes them I normally butterfly her steak so the inside is done without the outside looking like an old worn out shoe. I like mine mid rare so I just sear mine a few minutes on each side. It is all about the timing, getting the lobster on, then timing putting her steak on then timing mine. |
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Post by kpolk on Dec 14, 2009 17:42:38 GMT -5
Are the lobsters dead or alive when you are doing the nip and tuck? Gloria I have never done a live lobster although I have ordered them in restaurants. I buy the frozen lobster tails from Sams. I have boiled many blue crabs alive that I have caught in my crab traps. That is good stuff. |
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Post by gloria on Dec 14, 2009 18:33:29 GMT -5
Are the lobsters dead or alive when you are doing the nip and tuck? Gloria I have never done a live lobster although I have ordered them in restaurants. I buy the frozen lobster tails from Sams. I have boiled many blue crabs alive that I have caught in my crab traps. That is good stuff. I have never cooked either kind. I had live Maine lobster in Boston at restaurant know for it's lobster and it was excellent. What I have order at the beach has been good too. |
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Post by cbk on Dec 18, 2009 8:57:53 GMT -5
I'm not much of a genius in the kitchen but I do know that basics of cooking live lobsters. So when my, then, husband asked me how to cook the lobsters he'd gotten diving I told him what I knew. Apparently there was something lost in the translation about the lobsters and boiling water. When I came in the kitchen he'd put a large pot of water on the stove, to boil.....with the lobsters in it. It was getting warm so they were exiting stage left and crawling all over the place. We teased him for years about the lobster torturing he'd attempted.
Come to think of it, maybe he had invented something that could have been used with the terrorist in lieu of waterboarding. ;D
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Post by kpolk on Dec 18, 2009 18:55:16 GMT -5
Come to think of it, maybe he had invented something that could have been used with the terrorist in lieu of waterboarding. ;D Now that's a thought. I imagine when that well before that water got to boiling they would be telling all they knew. |
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Post by jb on Dec 19, 2009 9:47:30 GMT -5
Come to think of it, maybe he had invented something that could have been used with the terrorist in lieu of waterboarding. ;D Now that's a thought. I imagine when that well before that water got to boiling they would be telling all they knew. LOL the two of you!! ;D |
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Post by Tommy Thompson on Dec 19, 2009 18:20:21 GMT -5
I'm not much of a genius in the kitchen but I do know that basics of cooking live lobsters. So when my, then, husband asked me how to cook the lobsters he'd gotten diving I told him what I knew. Apparently there was something lost in the translation about the lobsters and boiling water. When I came in the kitchen he'd put a large pot of water on the stove, to boil.....with the lobsters in it. It was getting warm so they were exiting stage left and crawling all over the place. We teased him for years about the lobster torturing he'd attempted. Come to think of it, maybe he had invented something that could have been used with the terrorist in lieu of waterboarding. ;D now that is funny. Tommy |
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