Grilled Lobster Tails With Chile-Cilantro Butter
Recipe: #23118
March 12, 2016
"This Grilled Lobster Tails With Chile-Cilantro Butter recipe is out of a clean eating magazine."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (265.2 g)
- Calories 226.8
- Total Fat - 9.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.4 g
- Cholesterol - 226.1 mg
- Sodium - 722 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.5 g
- Sugars - 1.5 g
- Protein - 28.6 g
- Calcium - 156.9 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 27.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Prepare butter:In a small bowl, combine garlic, jalapeno, cilantro, butter, oil, lime zest, lime juice, salt and pepper.
Step 2
With kitchen shears, cut away the soft shell of the entire underside of each lobster tail, towards tail and about 1 1/2 inches wide, exposing meat. Insert 1 metal skewer lengthwise through meat and out tail end of each.
Step 3
Heat an outdoor grill on medium-high and brush with high-heat cooking oil. Add lobster tails to grill, cut side down, and cover. Cook until shells are bright red, 4 to 6 minutes. Turn and brush meat with butter mixutre, dividing evenly. Cover and cook until lobster meat is opaque throughout, 4 to 6 minutes. Remove skewers and serve with lime wedges, if desired.
Tips
No special items needed.