Grilled Lobster Tails
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients
- 2 8-ounce lobster tails (16 ounces total)
- 4 tablespoons salted butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons Sriracha
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh chives
- 2 fresh lemon wedges
Instructions
- Rinse tails lightly and pat very dry with paper towels. Butterfly the tails by cutting lengthwise through the centers of the hard top shells and about half-way through the top of the meat with a kitchen shears. With your fingers, press shell halves of tails apart. If you see a dark line running down the center of the meat, that is the digestive tract (it may already be completely removed or only partially removed). To fully remove it, simply grasp it with a paper towel, pull it out and discard. Insert a metal skewer down through the entire length of the lobster tail, so the tail stays straight and doesn’t curl up on the grill.
- In a small bowl, stir butter and sriracha until well combined.
- Heat grill to medium-high, about 475°F. Clean the grill grates, then brush them liberally with oil.
- Spread 1 tablespoon prepared sriracha butter over the meat of each lobster tail. Place tails on the grill, meat side down on the grates, for 4-5 minutes. The lobster shells should turn bright orange in color. Flip tails over and spoon another teaspoon of sriracha butter onto the meat of each tail. Grill for 3-4 minutes more, or just until lobster meat is opaque. Do not overcook or the lobster meat will be dry. Remove tails from grill and let sit for a couple minutes before serving.
- To serve, sprinkle with fresh chives. Offer lemon wedges for squeezing over the tails and additional reserved sriracha butter.
Notes
If lobster tails are frozen: Thaw them completely. To hasten thawing, place lobster tails in a ziploc plastic bag, zipped tight. Then place bag of lobster tails in a large bowl and run cold water over it. Let sit for about 10 minutes, submerged in the water, and then drain and repeat the process two more times.
Nutrition Information:
Serving: 1 Calories: 208kcal Carbohydrates: 2g Protein: 1g Fat: 23g Saturated Fat: 14g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 6g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 61mg Sodium: 528mg Potassium: 55mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 1g Vitamin A: 768IU Vitamin C: 20mg Calcium: 14mg Iron: 0.2mg
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