Who loves lobster? Share your recipies

[spidey07]

Have a craving for lobster and not that good of a cook with them. Should I be looking for a particular size?

I'm thinking some kind of beef tenderloin roll with lobster. Any ideas? Heck, even plain lobster and how to cook it would be great.

thanks in advance. There seems to be a very narrow window between underdone, perfect, overdone and that window is like 90 seconds.

 

[Tiamat]

yeah the really large ones are tough and dont taste as good in my experience. I don't have any experience cooking, just eating them.

 

[KK]

don't you just throw the poor things in boiling water.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Lobster + butter = done

Boil water, drop in lobster, boil until done. Figure about 10 minutes for one pound lobsters and about 2 additional minutes for each quarter of a pound over. So 14 minutes for 1.5 pounds and 18 minutes for 2 pounds. Don't buy lobsters over 2lbs. You usually pay a premium for them and they're often not as tender as smaller lobsters.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: KK
don't you just throw the poor things in boiling water.

Nah, I like killing them with a knife. Makes you feel like you worked for your meat. But I always seem to overcook them.

 

[Manuwell]

Lobsta sushi !

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I've eaten them while they were still alive. The chef's took out their lower organs, and stuffed them with some great tasting stuff( Some combination of fish/vegetables). Its always nice to see your food trying to crawl off the plate.

 

[Sinsear]

I've thrown them straight on the grill instead of boiling water. Little creepy when they are still alive after 5 min or so, but awfully tasty with a little bit of garlic butter.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

My recipie?

Hot water.
Butter.

 

[biggestmuff]

I don't eat spiders.

 

[jupiter57]

Grilled > Boiled

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
My recipie?

Hot water.
Butter.

Going with that to simpify things. Along with some crab boil, lemons, salt. Gonna make a pasta with him and just wing it. Shallots/garlic, reduce with white wine, mushrooms, make cream sauce from that.

Took y'alls advice and went with a 1.3 LB lobster. He's pretty fiesty!

Get in mah belly!

 

[KK]

poor Mr. Pinchy.

 

[Fritzo]

I always use salt water when boiling (about a tabespoon/quart water), then bring water to a ROLLING boil in a large heavy pot. (The pot should be 3-4x the size of the lobster so it can float around). You'll need to cover the pot to get the water boiling enough.

Boil for about 10 minutes for a 1 lb lobster, and about 3-4 more minutes for each addt. pound.

You can do this with crab legs as well.

Serve with drawn butter. This is butter that has the water evaporated out of it. Just boil 1 lb of UNSALTED butter on low until it starts to congeal on the surface. Skim that stuff off and you have drawn butter.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
My recipie?

Hot water.
Butter.

Going with that to simpify things. Along with some crab boil, lemons, salt. Gonna make a pasta with him and just wing it. Shallots/garlic, reduce with white wine, mushrooms, make cream sauce from that.

Took y'alls advice and went with a 1.3 LB lobster. He's pretty fiesty!

Get in mah belly!

I used to eat a lot of lobster. Never boiled any though. Nice day? Wrap him in foil and cook on the grill. Too lazy or raining - wrap in foil and broil.

Oh, we always twisted him to seperate the carapice (front of lobster) from the tail. I've never cooked one whole.

But these were FL lobsters, no claws.

But good luck with it.

Fern

 

[Anubis]

steam

servre with butter

 

[spidey07]

Went overboard and making a quick stock from shells/head for the sauce.

DO NOT WANT!

Oh Noooooes!

Meat turned out perfectly. Thanks for the tips. 1.3 pounds, 12 minutes.

 

[techs]

I'm reminded of the quote:
"It was either a very brave, or a very hungry man who ate the first lobster"

 

[ponyo]

Not a big fan of eating lobster at home. I suck at cooking with it and I prefer King Crab which is cheaper and sweeter.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Naustica
Not a big fan of eating lobster at home. I suck at cooking with it and I prefer King Crab which is cheaper and sweeter.

I sent back a 80 dollar lobster at morton's once because it was very overcooked.

Chef didn't like me too much. But hey, it was overcooked and I wanted a refund or another lobster.

This guy wasn't too bad. 17 bucks and very fiesty.