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GRILLED LOBSTER TAIL WITH CHIVE BUTTER SAUCE

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Recipe by Derek Wolf of Over the Fire Cooking

Grilling lobster tails is quick, easy and enhances the natural seafood flavors. The hearty meat from these seafood kings is delicious, especially when you add butter and fire! Knowing how to grill a lobster tail is very easy to learn and can be used to impress anyone that comes over to try your fire cooked food.

lobster tails in their shells  and  chive butter sauce in a cast iron grill cooking on the grill

Ingredients:


Yields: 1-2 servings
Cook: 25 minutes
Prep: 10 minutes


Lobster Tail Ingredients:
• 2 North Atlantic lobster tails
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Chive Butter Sauce Ingredients:
• 1/2 stick of butter
• 1 tablespoon fresh chives
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• Salt and pepper to taste

PREPARATION: 

 


• Using scissors, cut the lobster tails shell down the back making sure to only cut the shell. Do not cut the tail
• With a knife, cut the lobster tails down the line you cut with the scissors making sure not to cut all the way through the lobster
• Fold the lobster tails in half so that the meat is exposed from the cutting side
• Season the lobsters with olive oil, salt, and pepper
• Light the 
Cowboy Oak & Hickory Hardwood Lump Charcoal in a charcoal chimney or mound inside your grill and let burn for 10-15 minutes. (Optional) Add 3-4 small pieces of apple wood to the top of the charcoal for added flavor!
• When the fire is at a nice medium to medium high heat, place the lobster tails on top of grill grate with flesh side down first. Let cook for about 6 minutes per side
• To serve with the Chive Butter Sauce, place all the ingredients into a cast iron skillet and set on top of fire. Let cook until the butter is nice and melted. Once melted, use a brush to apply butter to the lobster tails
• Serve and enjoy!

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