How To Cook A Full Lobster On The Grill
Brush all over with oil and season with salt and pepper.
How to cook a full lobster on the grill. Rub the flesh with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Learn how to grill lobster in particular spiny lobster to perfection in this simple lobster recipe. Place the lobsters in head first and cook for 5 minutes until the flesh is just set.
Grill flesh side down for approximately 5 7 minutes then flip. Lay them across the grill cut side down and cook them for about five minutes or until the shells turn bright red. Turn lobsters shell side down and top flesh evenly with 1 1 2 tablespoons of the melted butter.
Prepare your charcoal grill with a single load of charcoal setting up for direct grilling but keeping the cooking grids in the higher position. Season the lobster meat with salt and pepper and with a pastry brush paste the shell and exposed meat with olive oil or your favorite butter mixture. Grill the lobster tails.
Clean and lightly oil the grill and get your coals at medium heat. Bring a pot of salted water to the boil. Bank coals or turn off burner on one side see grilling 101.
When the grill is at medium heat not high heat place the halves of your lobster flesh side up with the shells on the grate. Lay the lobster flesh side down and cook for about five minutes. Heat a charcoal grill or set a gas grill to high.
Sprinkle minced garlic salt and pepper into the lobster meat and top with a few spoonfuls of butter. Brush lobster flesh evenly with oil and grill uncovered flesh side down 4 minutes. Place lobsters on the grill shell sides down.