How To Cook Lobster In Grill
Cut in half lengthways with a large kitchen knife.
How to cook lobster in grill. Place lobster halves flesh side down and claws on hottest part of grill. Flip lobster and dollop a spoonful of butter mixture on flesh side. 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.
Crack the claws with the back of a knife or a rolling pin. Cook until slightly charred 2 3 minutes. Do not turn lobsters over during grilling or you will lose the butter juices and any tomalley or roe.
Lay the lobster flesh side down and cook for about five minutes. Grill flesh side down until lightly charred about 6 minutes. When finished the meat should be firm and opaque all the way through.
Grill until just cooked through about 5 minutes more. Lobster is grilled over direct medium heat. Close the grill and cook for about 3 6 minutes.
The tails should reach 140 f 60 c once they ve finished cooking. Clean and lightly oil the grill and get your coals at medium heat. Open up the lobster leave in or remove the soft brown meat depending on your preference remove the stomach sack at the back of the head.
Then turn it over brush on more lemon butter and cook shell side down for another five minutes. Then insert an instant read meat thermometer into the thickest part of the flesh. Rub the flesh with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.