Split, Broiled Lobsters
Featured in our Lobster Dinner for Two Box. If you missed the limited box, you can still order lobsters and follow this recipe.
What You will need
Lobsters - we like pre-cooked, frozen PEI lobsters available for home delivery from Tide to Table.
An oven safe pan, small frying pan and several small bowls for claw-shells and claw meat.
Large knife for splitting lobsters & nut crackers or clean pliers for claws
Recommended Accompaniments:
Butter with garlic, lemon zest, or tarragon
Green veggie for cooking: asparagus, green beans, or similar
Dry Cider or a White Burgundy of your choosing. A chardonnay works nicely too!
Day Before — Thaw Lobsters in fridge
Or thaw at room-temperature, day of serving
Video — Preparing your Split, Broiled Lobsters
What Chef Brandon’s simple, step by step instructions to split shells in half; harvest and chop claw and tail meat; and broil your pre-cooked lobsters.
Preparation Steps
Melt butter on low heat in a pan. Add minced garlic, garlic scapes, lemon zest or fresh tarragon.
Remove the lobster claws.
Use a knife, nut crackers or a clean set of pliers to crack the claws and remove the meat. Set aside.
Chef’s Tip: Use the back of a chef's knife, as displayed in the video, and it won't chip your blade.
Twist the joints to get the extra nuggets of meat there. Set aside.
With lobster belly-side up, carefully cut whole lobster in half, and spoon out the tomalley in the head.
Carefully peel out tails and set aside.
Rinse shells. Put left tail piece into opposite tail shell, red-side up. This shows off the beautiful colours and texture of the meat.
Cut claw meat & knuckles and toss it in your melted shellfish garlic butter.
Divide the meat and melted butter evenly into head cavities. Place in your oven-safe pan to warm next to your baking macaroni!
Chef’s Tip: Put green veg in bottom of pan first. When it comes time to cook, then add 1/2 C of water and a pinch of salt. Bring pan to boil, turn heat off and place lobster halves on top before finishing in oven for 5 minutes at 375F. The lobster is pre-cooked, so it only needs to warm!
Make sure you added the water!
