Wicked Easy Lobster Bake On The Grill Food

BAKED LOBSTER TAILS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Cut the lobster tails straight down the middle using kitchen shears. Butterfly the lobster meat by pulling it through the opening and laying the meat on top of the shell. Rinse tails under water; place in an oven-safe baking dish.
• Combine melted butter, garlic powder, and parsley in a bowl. Mix together with a spoon.
• Season lobster tails with seafood seasoning and pour melted butter mixture on top until each tail is completely covered. Squeeze lemon juice over top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until shells are bright red and meat is opaque, 12 to 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the centers should read 140 to 145 degrees F (60 to 63 degrees C).

LOBSTER BAKE ON THE GRILL

Steps:

• Place baking sheet on the grill.
• Add the water.
• Spread 1/2 the seaweed on the cookie sheet.
• Place lobster, clams, mussels and shrimp on top of the seaweed.
• Slice the lemon thin.
• Sprinkle the lemon slices over the seafood.
• Cover with the rest of the seaweed.
• Turn grill on low and close the cover.
• Lobster bake should be done in about 20- 25 minutes or when the clams and mussels are open.
• Serve with 1 c melted butter.

GRILLED LOBSTER SMOTHERED IN BASIL BUTTER

Steps:

• Combine the butter, basil, and salt and pepper to taste in a food processor and blend until smooth. Pack the mixture into a medium ramekin, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Split the lobsters in half lengthwise. Bring the knife down through the tail, making sure to cut just through the meat and to leave the shell connected. Lay the lobster open, leaving the two halves slightly attached. Pull off claws and legs from the lobsters and crack them slightly with the knife handle. Place the claws and legs on the grill over medium-low heat and cover with a pie pan. Cook them for 5 to 7 minutes per side. Brush the lobster bodies with the oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Place them fleshside down on the grill over medium heat. Grill 8 to 10 minutes
• Remove the lobsters and slather with the basil butter.

WICKED EASY LOBSTER BAKE ON THE GRILL

Steps:

• Place a one-inch layer of seaweed (a layer of crumpled aluminum foil to raise lobsters off the bottom of pan will do) in a 16 x 12 roasting pan
• Parboil onions and potatoes
• Place lobsters on seaweed and arrange the corn and onions between the lobsters and the sides of the pan
• Place clams, mussels and potatoes over the lobsters, keeping top level
• Layer with the balance of the seaweed and add water to the pan. Cover tightly with a lid or aluminum foil and place on the stove or a preheated grill to cook
• Start timing when you first see steam. Cook, covered , for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, but do not uncover for five minutes. Serve your lobster bake with clarified butter, clam broth and coleslaw

BACKYARD LOBSTER BAKE

Steps:

• Start the fire 1 hour in advance, making sure the coals are white hot before you begin cooking.
• Spread 1/2 of the seaweed on the bottom of the tub to protect the lobsters from burning. Place lobsters on top of seaweed. Place the corn on top of the lobster, and the potatoes on top of the corn. Arrange the raw clams on top of the vegetables and top with the remaining seaweed. Pour the wine into the tub. Place the wet burlap over the food and tuck the edges into the tub to retain the steam inside.
• Place the tub on top of the coals. Every 15 minutes, moisten the burlap with water. Cook for about 45 minutes.
• Serve the lobster bake strewn out on newspapers, with melted butter, piles of coarse sea salt, and favorite spices as condiments.

QUICK LOBSTER BISQUE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir flour, sea salt, celery salt, and black pepper into the butter. Gradually stir half-and-half into the mixture, taking care that no lumps form. Add lobster stock; stir. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring constantly, until the soup begins to thicken, about 15 minutes.
• Stir lobster, tomato paste, onion, and celery into the soup; season with paprika, thyme, and seafood seasoning. Continue cooking the soup to heat the onion and celery, about 10 minutes. Add cream; stir. Cook until hot, about 5 minutes.

GRILLED LOBSTER

Steps:

• In a large pot boil about 2 gallons of water.
• Add one live lobster and cover.
• Cook for 3 minutes.
• Remove lobster with tongs and return water to boiling.
• Add 2nd lobster.
• Cook three minutes and remove with tongs.
• Turn lobsters upside down and cut lengthwise from the tip of the tail through the head (you may need to use poultry sheers to cut the tail portion of the shell).
• Place lobster halves, shell side down, on a medium hot grill and baste with butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Cover grill and cook for about 8-9 minutes or until the meat in the thickest part of the tail turns opaque.
• Serve with melted butter in dunking bowls and lemon wedges.