Things You'll Need:
- Fresh or frozen lobster tails
- Jelly roll pan or similar pan with sides to hold liquid
- Kitchen shears
- Clarified butter
- Lemon
- Salt and pepper
- Parsley
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Step 1
Defrost frozen lobster tails overnight in the refrigerator.
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Step 2
Preheat the broiler. If necessary move the rack in the oven so that the lobster tails will be about 5 inches from the heat source.
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Step 3
Flatten the defrosted lobster tails out on a cutting board. Beginning at the wide end (not the tail end), cut the shell down the left side of the tail, across the bottom and up the right side of the tail, removing a rectangular piece of shell and exposing the meat.
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Step 4
Cut the tail meat down the center, exposing more of the meat. This is called butterflying. Leave the meat inside the shell for presentation.
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Step 5
Create the marinade. Melt butter in a small saucepan and skim off the foam. Pour the melted butter into a bowl, leaving behind the butter solids which will sink to the bottom of the pan. Add juice of lemon, salt and pepper and chopped parsley to taste. Brush or pour this marinade over the lobster tails on a jelly roll pan, or shallow baking dish.
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Step 6
Place lobster tails under the broiler and watch carefully. An average sized lobster tail will take about 7 to 9 minutes to cook completely and brown on the top. When the meat looks opaque and the shell is bright red, the lobster is cooked.
