How To Cook Lobster In The Shell On The Grill
Do not turn lobsters over during grilling or you will lose the butter juices and any tomalley or roe.
How to cook lobster in the shell on the grill. 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. Keep in mind that it shouldn t be completely cooked at this point. Brush olive oil on both sides of the lobsters and set them bottom side down on the cooking grates.
Clean and lightly oil the grill and get your coals at medium heat. Preheat a grill or grill pan over medium heat. Use basting sauces herbs and spices for extra flavor when grilling or broiling.
Close the grill and cook for about 3 6 minutes. Preheat barbecue to high. If it still seems underdone tent the lobster with foil to allow it to fully cook off the direct heat.
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. Pour lemon juice into a small bowl and slowly whisk in olive oil. Using kitchen shears cut top of lobster shell.
Grill the tails for 5 minutes. Instructions combine butter parsley chile flakes garlic lemon zest salt and pepper in a bowl. Lobster is grilled over direct medium heat.
Rub the flesh with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Cover the grill and let the lobster tails cook until the flesh becomes lightly marked from the grill grate. The shells will become bright red.