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Easy Grilled Lobster Tails with Lemon Garlic Butter

Easy Grilled Lobster Tails with Lemon Garlic Butter

A delicious recipe for Easy Grilled Lobster Tails with Lemon Garlic Butter, perfect for a main dish.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Resting Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course main dish
Cuisine Seafood
Servings 4 servings
Calories 250 kcal

Equipment

  • Grill
  • Cast iron pan
  • saucepan

Ingredients
  

For the Lobster Tails

  • 4 Lobster Tails

For the Butter Sauce

  • 1 stick butter (½ cup)
  • 2 cloves garlic grated
  • 1.25 teaspoons ground black pepper to 1.5 teaspoons
  • 0.5 lemon Juice of lemon half a lemon
  • 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese optional

Instructions
 

For the Lobster Tails

  • Thaw the lobster tails.
  • Preheat your griddle or grill to about 400 degrees F.
  • Using either kitchen shears or a sturdy kitchen knife, split the underside of the tails, stopping just before you hit the tail shells.
  • Butterfly the meat, ensuring not to cut through to the back of the shell. Do not cut all the way through the meat.
  • Baste the exposed meat with the lemon and butter sauce.
  • Set the lobster tails on the grill meat-side down, and grill for about five minutes or until the meat turns opaque and the shells red.
  • Flip the tails so that the shell-side is down. Baste the exposed meat with more butter sauce.
  • Grill for about another five minutes or until the meat has turned completely opaque/white. The meat is done when it has reached a temperature of 140 degrees F.
  • Remove the lobster tails from the grill and allow them to rest for about five minutes before serving.

For the Butter Sauce

  • In a small, dry cast-iron pan, roast garlic cloves with skin. Remove skin once slightly charred and cooked through.
  • Grate the cloves and set aside.
  • In a small saucepan over low heat, melt butter.
  • Add the grated garlic to the melted butter. Whisk until combined.
  • Add the lemon juice and black pepper.
  • If desired, add the grated Parmesan cheese.
  • Stir and serve alongside the lobster tails.

Nutrition

Serving: 1tailCalories: 250kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 25gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 90mgSodium: 600mgPotassium: 400mgVitamin A: 500IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Butter Sauce, easy recipe, garlic, Grilling, Lemon, lobster
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