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Salt Roasted Lobster Claws Recipe
Photo: David Todd McCarty

Salt Roasted Lobster Claws Recipe

7 ingredients 2 lobster claws openrecipes

Inspired by the CHOW TIPS video on salt roasted prawns, we took advantage of a sale at our local grocery sale to purchase 7 lobsters and develop this technique...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

119
Calories
25g
Protein
1g
Fat
6g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Rosemary 1 tsp dried (1.2g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
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

  • 1.25-1.5 pound lobster, as lively as possible
  • 8-16 pounds rock salt, depending on the size of your roasting vessel
  • Inexpensive ovensafe vessel large enough to hold salt and lobster claws
  • A smaller inexpensive, ovensafe vessel to contain the salt for heating
  • Optional: woody herbs such as rosemary or thyme
  • Optional: whole peppercorns
  • Optional: 1 lemon wedge

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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