How To Be The Ultimate Lobster Chef

[Eastwest]

After many trips to Baja California lobster cooperative's , this is one of my favorite recipes to serve this tasty crustacean. Simple but effective , first split it in two by turning it upside down and leaving intact the head , tail and antennae , may use meat cleaver. Second scoop out the guts from the two heads and frontal halves .Third heat your frying oil and chopped garlic and a pinch of salt in a large cast iron skillet. . Third fry and turn the halves then serve the most beautiful presentation with the shell up on a plate . No butter necessary !

 

[Sea_Jay]

After many trips to Baja California lobster cooperative's , this is one of my favorite recipes to serve this tasty crustacean. Simple but effective , first split it in two by turning it upside down and leaving intact the head , tail and antennae , may use meat cleaver. Second scoop out the guts from the two heads and frontal halves .Third heat your frying oil and chopped garlic and a pinch of salt in a large cast iron skillet. . Third fry and turn the halves then serve the most beautiful presentation with the shell up on a plate . No butter necessary !

I am in SoFla eating Caribbean spiny, I assume the taste of Cali spiny may vary.

For the bugs we get down here -- I usually just remove the head, devein the tail, boil in salted water for 8-12 mins (dependent on size) and then dice into chunks & serve with melted butter.

If I'm feeling like doing more work I have a lobster bake recipe utilizing lemon juice, Ritz crackers and a few select seasonings. Or sometimes lobster tacos with a cilantro-lime slaw. Can share recipes if anyone is interested.

 

[Lorenzoid]

After many trips to Baja California lobster cooperatives ....

I dunno, man. When I lived in San Diego we would drive down to San Quintin and camp on the hill above the beach, and locals selling lobster would sometimes walk by. We would grill the lobster over mesquite, slathered with achiote-garlic butter (yeah, we were prepared for this as well as the oysters we'd buy from the aquaculture place).

The Modelos came in returnable bottles, and you had to bring them back to the same store you bought them from.

I miss those days.

 

[tekkydiver]

Substituted Lobster tails in a Conch Fritter Recipe.....
Better than anything I've had eating out.

 

[happy-diver]

Meltinthemouthability may stay same but ODing the fish with spices will make them taste like what they're not