To Boil Lobsters
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Tie the claws of the lobsters together.
Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil.
Cook and serve
Carefully place the lobsters into the boiling water.
Boil for about 15 minutes for a 1-pound lobster; adjust time for larger lobsters.
Remove from water and serve cold if desired.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Live lobsters
- Lobster meat is the dish itself, cooked by boiling until the flesh turns opaque and firm.
The step that matters
Boiling the lobsters in water that is already at a rolling boil. Adding the lobsters to boiling water keeps the water temperature high and cooking even, so the meat cooks through evenly. Water that is cooler or not fully boiling when they go in can slow cooking and make the timing unreliable.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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