Steamed Lobster

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By Ann Maloney

Cooking unrecorded lobsters astatine location is easier if you sedate them archetypal by putting them successful the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes (see NOTES). If you person a emblematic stockpot (8 quarts), you volition apt beryllium capable to navigator lone 2 lobsters astatine a time. A steamer handbasket successful the bottommost of the cookware volition support the lobsters supra the boiling water, preventing immoderate information of them from boiling, but is not indispensable to success. Cooking clip volition alteration depending connected the lobsters’ size. For larger lobsters, adhd astir 2 minutes per quarter-pound to the cooking time. After eating your lobster, don't flip the shells, but usage them to marque lobster banal (see NOTES) and prevention it for bouillabaisse, risotto oregon bisque.

Traditional accompaniments to steamed lobster are food and citrus arsenic good arsenic maize connected the cob and boiled caller potatoes.

Refrigerate steamed lobster nutrient successful a instrumentality with a tightfitting lid for up to 2 days.

Live lobster tin beryllium bought astatine market stores, seafood markets oregon ordered online.

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Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 4 (1 lobster per person)

  • 4 unrecorded lobsters (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds each)
  • 1/2 cupful (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
  • Lemon, for serving (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

  • Calories

    309

  • Fat

    23 g

  • Saturated Fat

    14 g

  • Sodium

    600 mg

  • Cholesterol

    240 mg

  • Protein

    23 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From recipes exertion Ann Maloney.

Tested by Ann Maloney.

Published August 18, 2020

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Updated March 17, 2026

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