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Garlic Butter Lobster Tail - crazy delicious lobster in garlic herb and lemon butter. This lobster tail recipe is so delicious you want it for dinner every day!
Lobster Tail Recipe
I love lobster, it’s one of my favorite seafood. Whenever I go to seafood restaurants, I would always order lobster tails.
Year end is the season to indulge yourself in great seafood; holiday season is about enjoying, having fun, and eating really good food, so let’s add lobster tails to your dinner or entertainment rotation.
Lobster tails are not cheap, but occasionally, you can get pretty decent priced and discounted frozen lobster tails from stores.
I got mine from Costco for $24.00, or an average of $6 per lobster tail, which is pretty affordable. They are definitely much cheaper than eating out at restaurants.
Costco has good quality and fresh lobster tails that taste sweet and briny. This garlic butter lobster tails recipe is the only recipe you will need for all your lobster tails!
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How To Cook Lobster Tail
Cooking lobster tails at home is easy if you use the Broil function on your oven. It takes only 5-8 minutes to cook them, and the length of time depends on the size of the tail.
For a restaurant-worthy recipe, you just need some melted butter, garlic, lemon juice, and parsley, then broil in the oven. You can also use a compound butter, such as my garlic herb butter, for an extra burst of flavor!
Garlic Butter Lobster Tails
Ingredients
- 1 lb (500g) lobster tails, 4 lobster tails, shell-on
- cayenne pepper
- 1/2 stick salted butter, melted
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon Italian parsley leaves, chopped
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- lemon slices
Instructions
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Preheat the broiler in your oven. Thaw the lobster tails if they are frozen. Using kitchen scissors, cut through the top part of the lobster shell, towards the tail, and then make a cut to create a one-inch rectangle shape.
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Remove the lobster shell to expose the lobster meat. Arrange the lobster tails on a baking sheet or tray, and add a dash of cayenne pepper to the flesh.
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Melt the butter in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Add the garlic, parsley, and lemon juice to the melted butter, and stir to combine well.
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Drizzle and spread the garlic butter mixture over the lobster, reserving some for dipping.
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Broil the lobster tails in the oven for about 5–8 minutes, or until the meat turns opaque and is cooked through. Serve immediately with the remaining garlic butter and lemon slices.
