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Cedar-Planked Lobster Tails with Compound Butter
Photo: David Todd McCarty

Cedar-Planked Lobster Tails with Compound Butter

10 ingredients Serves 4. openrecipes
Cedar-Planked Lobster Tails with Compound Butter

Herb butter adds a simple yet rich finish to lobster tails, which are cooked on cedar planks over a backyard grill.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

339
Calories
22g
Protein
26g
Fat
5g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Lobster 100g cooked 98
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Chives 1 tbsp (3g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 8 Tbs. (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 Tbs. finely chopped shallot
  • 3 Tbs. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 1/2 Tbs. chopped fresh chives
  • 1 tsp. chopped fresh tarragon
  • 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 tsp. kosher salt, plus more, to taste
  • Freshly ground pepper, to taste
  • 4 whole live lobsters, each about 1 1/2 lb.
  • 2 Tbs. olive oil

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By williamssonoma · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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