Baked Lobster Tails

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

This delicious Baked Lobster Tail recipe is rich, buttery, slightly sweet and incredibly easy to make. With 5 ingredients and 30 minutes you can put together a 5-star lobster meal right at home.

Ingredients

For the lobster tails:

4 4-5 oz. lobster tails, or 2 8-10oz. lobster tails*
2 Tbsp. butter, cut into 4-8 pieces
1 cup beer, room temperature**
Salt

For serving:

1 lemon cut into wedges
2-4 Tbsp. butter, melted
parsley, optional

Instructions

Preheat: Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Prep Lobster Tails: Butterfly the lobster tails*** and place them in a 9x13 baking dish. Pour the beer into the casserole dish. It should just cover the bottom of the dish and be at most 1/4" deep. Season the lobster tails with a couple pinches of salt. Put the pieces of butter on top of the lobster tails.
Cook Lobster: Put the lobster tails in the preheated oven for 9-10 minutes**** or until cooked through.
Serve: Serve immediately with lemon wedges and melted butter. Garnish with parsley (optional).

Notes

*Lobster tails come in a variety of sizes. Both small (4-5 oz.) and large (8-10oz.) lobster tails work for this recipe! Just adjust you cook times as instructed below.

**Room temperature beer works best. If your beer is ice cold, pour it in a microwave safe container and microwave for 30 seconds.

***See the how to butterfly a lobster tail video in this post for detailed instructions.

****Bake 4-5oz lobster tails for 9-10 minutes and 8-10oz lobster tails for 20-25 minutes or until cooked through. When done cooking the lobster tails should be opaque and firm. If you want to be safe, use a thermometer and cook the lobster tails until the internal temperature of the thickest part of the meat reaches 140°F.

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