Wicked Good Lobster Rolls

Name: Wicked Good Lobster Rolls
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters finely diced celery stalks; 2 Tbsps finely minced chives (optional); 8 Top-split hot dog buns (prferably Pepperidge Farms); 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 lobster, about 1 1/2 pounds each; 2 Tbsps mayonnaise; 4 Tbsps unsalted butter

Wicked Good Lobster Rolls might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 30g of protein, 21g of fat, and a total of 484 calories. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a pescatarian diet. A mixture of kosher salt and pepper, chives, lobster, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the unsalted butter you could follow this main course with the Almond Milk Chocolate Pudding as a dessert.

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Meanwhile, kill each lobster by pressing the tip of a heavy chef's knife in the crack just behind the eyes in the center of the carapace. Press down firmly, then split head in half. Using kitchen towels, twist off tail and claws (including knuckles) from carapace. Save carapace for another use. Press each tail flat against the cutting board and insert wooden skewers along their entire length to keep them straight.

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Lobster

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Kitchen Towels

Wooden Skewers

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Oven

Set a wire rack in a heavy-duty rimmed baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Wire Rack

Place a steamer insert in the bottom of a large lidded stock pot and add 1-inch of water. Bring to a boil over high heat.

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Stock

Water

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Pot

Add a single layer of lobster claws and legs (about half the lobster) and cover pot.

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Lobster

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Let steam for exactly two minutes, then transfer to rack set in baking sheet (lobsters may still be twitching slightly—this is a reflex reaction. Don't worry, they are dead). Repeat with remaining lobster.

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Lobster

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Baking Sheet

Transfer to oven and roast until claws reach 135°F in the center as measured on an instant-read thermometer, about 7 minutes.

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Remove claws and set aside on large plate. Continue roasting until tails reach 135°F in center, 7 to 15 minutes longer (depending on exact shape of tails).

Remove from oven and transfer to plate with claws.

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As soon as lobster is cool enough to handle, remove meat from shell using kitchen shears, lobster crackers, and/or the back of a heavy cleaver to help crack the shells (It's ok if the meat gets a little mangled).

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Crackers

Lobster

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Meat

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Cleaver

Cut meat into 1/2 to 1-inch bite sized pieces and transfer to a large bowl.

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Meat

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Bowl

Add mayonnaise and toss well to coat.

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Mayonnaise

Transfer to wire mesh strainer or large colander set in a bowl.

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Place in refrigerator and allow to drain and cool for at least 1 hour.

Discard any drippings (or save to eat with bread). Toss lobster with celery and chives (if using). Season to taste with lemon juice (if using), salt, and pepper. Set aside.

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Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a large, heavy bottomed skillet over medium-low heat. Swirl to coat pan.

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Butter

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Add four buns with one cut side down. Cook, pressingon buns gently and moving them around the pan until golden brown on first side.

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Roll

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Remove from pan, add another tablespoon of butter, and toast second side. Repeat with second batch of buns. Divide filling evenly amongst all the buns and serve immediately with pickles and potato chips.

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Roll

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Servings:

118milliliters

finely diced celery stalks 2Tbsps

finely minced chives (optional)8

Top-split hot dog buns (prferably Pepperidge Farms)4servings

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 4

lobster, about 1 1/2 pounds each 2Tbsps

mayonnaise 4Tbsps

unsalted butter

Recommended wine: Chablis, Chardonnay

Lobster can be paired with Chablis and Chardonnay. Chablis is perfect with lobster, but a chardonny from other regions is bound to hit the spot too. One wine you could try is Samuel Billaud Chablis Premier Cru Les Vaillons Vieilles Vignes. It has 4.7 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 32 dollars.