Here’s a restaurant-style Garlic Butter Lobster Tail that’s surprisingly easy to make at home 🦞🧄🧈
🦞 Garlic Butter Lobster Tail
📝 Ingredients
- 2–4 lobster tails
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- Salt & black pepper, to taste
- Fresh parsley, chopped (for garnish)
- Lemon wedges, for serving
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Prepare the lobster
- Using kitchen scissors, cut down the top of the shell to the tail fin.
- Gently loosen the meat, lift it, and rest it on top of the shell.
2. Make garlic butter
- Mix melted butter, garlic, lemon juice, paprika, salt, and pepper.
3. Bake (easy method)
- Preheat oven to 220°C / 425°F.
- Place lobster tails on a baking tray.
- Brush generously with garlic butter.
- Bake 12–15 minutes, until meat is opaque and tender
(about 1 minute per ounce / 30 g).
4. Finish & serve
- Brush with extra garlic butter.
- Sprinkle with parsley and serve with lemon wedges.
🔥 Alternative Cooking Methods
Broil (extra golden top):
- Broil on high 8–10 minutes, basting once halfway.
Grill:
- Grill meat-side up over medium heat 10–12 minutes, basting with butter.
🍽️ Serve With
- Creamy mashed potatoes
- Garlic bread
- Steamed asparagus or broccoli
- Simple lemon rice
💡 Tips for Perfect Lobster
- Don’t overcook — lobster becomes rubbery
- Use unsalted butter for better control
- Add a pinch of cayenne for heat
- Parmesan sprinkle before broiling = extra luxury
If you want, I can also give you a creamy garlic lobster sauce, air fryer version, or a short viral Facebook caption 😋
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