How Long Can You Wait To Cook Live Lobster

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How long can you wait to cook live lobster. Dish type ingredient cuisine cooking method diet season menus recipe collections quick dinners view all. Here the shells will have turned the bright vermilion colour during cooking look. Once killed lobsters are normally boiled.

Equipment reviews taste tests buying guides editors picks books shop view all. Toni burnett rands it s so easy it s almost a crime she said. Steam a lobster for 7 minutes per pound for the first pound.

500g should take about 4 minutes to cook. Once cooked the shell of a lobster will turn a vivid red and the juices that seep from the shells will start to coagulate. The life expectancy of a hard shell lobster is between 24 and 36 hours out of the water.

Soft shell lobsters last only two to four hours once removed from the ocean or tank. Do not store live lobsters in any kind of water it will kill them. They must be kept alive until you cook them.

If all this still sounds a little ambitious read on for our cookery team s tips for preparing and cooking lobster. See chart below for approximate cooking times. Keep them in the back where the refrigerator is coldest.

Alternatively grilling a lobster on a hot grill or barbecue can take about 8 10 minutes. If the idea of dealing with a live lobster leaves you cold buy a fully cooked whole lobster or lobster tail you can even buy tails fully picked and dressed. A trick to tell if your lobster is done is to pull on one of the antenna.