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How to Make Side Dishes for Lobster Dinner

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These lobsters need side dishes!
These lobsters need side dishes!

Planning a lobster dinner? If you are unsure what you should have with the lobster, gain inspiration from this list of side dishes for a lobster dinner.

After taking the time to prepare lobster, having tasty, flavorful, and easy side dishes is a must for a great dinner. Grilling or boiling whole lobsters, or just having lobster tails, these side dishes will accompany lobster meat perfectly. Check down in tips for a great wine.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Lobster
  1. Step 1

    Make Crab cakes-

    Crab is a great compliment to a lobster. Crab cakes are not to difficult to make. Fried in a pan, taking just 6-8 minutes to cook.
    Ingredients -
    • 1 egg
    • 1 cup white bread crumbs (fresh)
    • 2 Tablespoon of mayonnaise
    • 1 Tbsp parsley- fresh or dried
    • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
    • 1 tsp dry mustard
    • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
    • 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
    • 4 (6-ounce) cans crab meat, drained
    • 3 Tablespoons of oil

    Mix together all ingredients, excluding crab meat and oil. After the mixture is well mixed, add the crab meat. Create 8 balls from the mixture, avoiding overstiring. Make patties from the balls, and start to cook in the oil. Crab cakes should be cooked over medium heat, 3 minutes on each side, until deep brown.

  2. Step 2

    Boil Baby red potatoes-

    These potatoes can be prepared a variety of ways. Try boiling and mashing, for mashed potatoes. They are also great served whole, drizzled in butter and garlic.

  3. Step 3

    Make a Caesar salad-

    A Caesar salad is a light salad, consisting mainly of romaine lettuce and Caesar dressing. Add Parmesan cheese and garlic croutons to complete.

  4. Step 4

    Make Cole slaw-

    This creamy cabbage salad is wonderful with a lobster dinner. To make a cole slaw, you will need :


    • 1 small cabbage
    • 3 shredded carrots
    • 1/2 an onion
    • 1/2 cup Mayonnaise
    • 2 Tablespoon vinegar
    • Salt and pepper to taste

    Mix together and refrigerate until ready to eat.

  5. Step 5

    Cook Corn on the cob-

    Any vegetable is great with Lobster, but corn on the cob is a great touch. It's a hands on food, which is also great dipped in butter. So corn on the cob and lobster have much in common. An easy way to cook a great corn on the cob, is to cook it in the microwave. For 3 cobs add 3 tablespoons of water, and cover the dish with plastic wrap. Microwave for 5 minutes.

Tips & Warnings
  • Chardonnay is the perfect wine to accompany a lobster dinner.

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