Boiled Lobster Recipe
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Boiled Lobster

By: Venita Marie  
"I learned this style of cooking from my mother in law. This recipe will work with crawfish or shrimp. You can add as many lobster as you want, but cook no more that 2 at a time."

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Prep Time:
30 Min
Cook Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
45 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 2 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 3 gallons water
  • 2 large onions, quartered
  • 10 cloves garlic, peeled and cut in half
  • 2 lemons, quartered
  • 2 oranges, quartered
  • 5 stalks celery, quartered
  • 4 tablespoons black pepper
  • 4 tablespoons seasoned salt
  • 6 fresh jalapeno peppers
  • 2 fresh live lobsters

Directions

  1. Pour the water into a large pot and add the onions, garlic, lemons, oranges, celery, black pepper, seasoned salt and jalapeno peppers. Bring to a full rolling boil and boil for 20 minutes.
  2. Add the lobsters and place a lid over the pot. Boil for 15 minutes. Remove the lobsters from the pot, and place in a colander under cool running water to stop the cooking. Serve.

Footnotes

  • The nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of the boil ingredients. The actual amount of the boil ingredients consumed will vary.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 793 | Total Fat: 5.2g | Cholesterol: 383mg

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 1, 2008 by Karen 
Good recipe but if you are cooking Pacific lobster, as opposed to Maine lobster, shorten the... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 9, 2007 by KatieR 
Great recipe! Yummy! MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 30, 2007 by Nuttylicious 
This was great! The lobsters came out really good. The only thing I messed up was that I... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 4, 2008 by Jackie 
It tasted like regular lobster. It seemed like a waste of all the other ingredients. MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 3, 2007 by Craig 
Really tasteful and very flavorful. My girlfriend loved it. We served it with Carolina's... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 18, 2009 by Cooper 
Boiled a whole lot of crab but first time for lobster taste was great but I think the cook... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 24, 2008 by Dana Eugene Creasy 
Skipped the jalapenos, not my favorite fruit! Otherwise, it came out excellent, particularly... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2010 by bbarley 
simple, delicious I saved the onions afterwards, and used them for cooking additional dishes. MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 15, 2008 by JOY 
Very tastey...will make again. MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 1, 2010 by topcheff 
its lobster heaven MORE

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