Lobster Tails with Tasty Butters
by the Editors of Easy Home Cooking Magazine
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Lobster Tail with Tasty Butters
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
Hot & Spicy Butter, Scallion Butter or Chili-Mustard Butter (recipes follow)
4
fresh or thawed frozen lobster tails (about 5 ounces each)
Preparation:
1.
Prepare grill for direct cooking. Prepare choice of butter mixtures.
2.
Rinse lobster tails in cold water. Butterfly tails by cutting lengthwise through centers of hard top shells and meat. Cut to, but not through, bottoms of shells. Press shell halves of tails apart with fingers. Brush lobster meat with butter mixture.
3.
Place tails on grid, meat side down. Grill, uncovered, over medium-high heat 4 minutes. Turn tails meat side up. Brush with butter mixture; grill 4 to 5 minutes or until lobster meat turns opaque.
4.
Heat remaining butter mixture, stirring occasionally. Serve butter mixture for dipping.
Nutritional Information:
| Serving Size: 1 lobster tail with about 2 tablespoons Hot & Spicy Butter, Scallion Butter or Chili-Mustard Butter | |
| Sodium | 628 mg |
| Protein | 27 g |
| Fiber | <1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 178 mg |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Total Fat | 18 g |
| Calories from Fat | 58 % |
| Calories | 278 |
Dietary Exchange:
| Meat | 3 |
| Fat | 2-1/2 |
Tasty Butters
Ingredients:
1/3
cup butter or margarine, melted
1
tablespoon chopped onion
2
to 3 teaspoons hot pepper sauce
1
teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1/4
teaspoon ground allspice
1/3
cup butter or margarine, melted
1
tablespoon finely chopped green onion tops
1
tablespoon lemon juice
1
teaspoon grated lemon peel
1/4
teaspoon black pepper
1/3
cup butter or margarine, melted
1
tablespoon chopped onion
1
tablespoon Dijon mustard
1
teaspoon chili powder
Preparation:
1.
For each butter sauce, combine ingredients in small bowl.
This recipe appears in: Spreads & Butters