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Grilled Lobster Tails with Garlic Butter

Grilled Lobster Tails with Garlic Butter

A pretty easy version of grilled lobster tails, that my family enjoys.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine seafood
Servings 4 lobster tails
Calories 400 kcal

Equipment

  • grill
  • bowl
  • kitchen shears
  • skewers

Ingredients
  

Butter Mixture

  • ½ cup salted butter softened
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 1 dash hot sauce
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste

Lobster Ingredients

  • 4 each lobster tails 6 ounces each
  • 4 each skewers 10 inch
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil or to taste
  • kosher salt to taste
  • 1 medium lemon cut into wedges

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Combine butter, minced garlic, hot sauce, and pepper in a bowl; mix until fully combined. Set aside.
  • Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
  • Butterfly lobster tails by cutting lengthwise through the centers of the hard top shells and about halfway through the top of the meat with kitchen shears. With your fingers, press shell halves of the tails apart. Flip them over, and insert a skewer down the lobster tail.
  • Brush tails with olive oil and season with salt.
  • Place lobster tails on the preheated grill with the cut shell sides down; grill until shells are bright in color, 5 to 8 minutes. Flip and spoon 1 tablespoon butter mixture onto the butterflied meat through the cut in the shell.
  • Grill until lobster meat is an opaque white color, 4 to 7 more minutes, basting once more with butter mixture.
  • Remove lobster tails from the grill and serve with more garlic butter and lemon wedges.

Notes

This is easily adaptable; you can add any other herbs, spices, or zests to the butter mixture. I like to warm it in the microwave to make basting easier.

Nutrition

Serving: 1lobster tailCalories: 400kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 27gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 163mgSodium: 694mgPotassium: 514mgFiber: 1gVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 109mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Easy Lobster, Garlic Butter, Grilled Lobster, Grilled Lobster Tails, Lobster Recipe, Seafood Recipe
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