grilled pei lobster tails with garlic-lime butter

Grilled PEI Lobster Tails with Garlic-Lime Butter

Servings: 4

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Garlic-Lime Butter

Combine all ingredients and mix well until combined.

Chef’s Tip: If preparing ahead – place flavoured butter onto a piece of plastic wrap and roll into a log. Chill in refrigerator until ready to use.

Directions

Heat grill to medium-high heat. Cut lobster tails in half lengthwise and devein.

Cut garlic-lime butter into thin rounds.

Place lobster tails on hot grill (shell side down); top lobster tails with butter slices; cook for 4-5 minutes or until lobster meat is cooked through.

Squeeze reserved lime juice over lobster tails.

Remove from grill and serve hot with grilled limes and your favourite salad, potato salad or grilled vegetables.

Chef’s Tip: If using frozen, raw lobster tails, place package into a bowl and thaw in the refrigerator overnight or thaw under cold running water and use immediately*

For a spicier lobster tail, try chili peppers or add cayenne pepper to the butter mixture.

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Do you know lobster? The red part found inside some lobsters is called the roe, or the unfertilized eggs of the female.

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Do you know lobster? It takes 5 to 7 years for a lobster to grow to legal size or about one pound.

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Do you know lobster? Lobsters are handled one at a time.

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Do you know lobster? There are two sizes of PEI Lobster

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Do you know lobster? Lobsters have a pigment in their shells making the shell appear red.

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Do you know lobster? A freshly laid lobster egg is the size of the head of a pin (1/16").

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Do you know lobster? Lobster is good for you.

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Do you know lobster? Whistling on the boat is considered bad luck.

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Do you know lobster? Once inside a trap lobsters can never get out.

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Do you know lobster? Buoys that mark lobster traps are all of uniform size and colour.

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Do you know lobster? Lobsters traps have both a kitchen and a parlour.

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Do you know lobster? The red part found inside some lobsters is called the roe, or the unfertilized eggs of the female.

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