Baked Lobster Tails

5 from 1 vote

These baked lobster tails are tender, juicy and packed with buttery garlic flavor. A fool-proof way to make restaurant quality lobster at home.

Prep Time10

Cook Time17

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: lobster, Seafood, valentine's day

Servings:

Author: August DeWindt

Ingredients

Lobster Tails

3 cloves Garlic minced
3 tbsp Butter unsalted, melted
½ tsp old bay or paprika
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp dried parsley or fresh
4 6-8 oz Lobster tails

Clarified Butter (optional but recommended)

1/2 c unsalted butter 1 stick

Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.
Mix together garlic, butter, paprika, salt, pepper, lemon juice and parsley together in a small ramekin or bowl.
With kitchen shears, cut the lobster tails down the middle.Only cut through the top shell and meat until you reach the end of the tail. Do not cut the bottom!
Gently separate the lobster meat from the shell and place on top of the shell. Remove the digestive tract in the middle. Rinse and pat dry. There are step by step photos above and a video to help you.
Place the lobster tails on a baking sheet and brush with the garlic butter mixture.
Bake for 15 minutes and broil for 1-2 minutes. Be careful when broiling to not burn the lobster tails. Each oven is different and some broilers are more powerful than others. If this makes you skeptical, skip the broiling part and bake the lobster tails for a total of 20 minutes, not 15.
While the lobster is baking make the clarified butter. In a small sauce pan melt 1 stick of butter over medium heat. Once melted you will see white solids form on top. Swirl the pan around.
Continue melting until you see the color of the butter deepen. Brown bits may begin to form on the bottom, that means it is finished. Remove the sauce pan from the heat and strain the butter through a cheesecloth or a fine strainer. If you don't have either, you can use a spoon to carefully scrape off the top foamy white layer of the butter and discard.
Serve with clarified butter, lemon and your favorite sides.

Video

Notes

Making the clarified butter is optional but I highly suggest to make it to accompany the lobster tails. This is the butter used that's served at restaurants with lobster. It's sometimes called drawn butter or ghee.

Click here for a video on how to make clarified butter without a cheesecloth.

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