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Butter Poached Lobster Tails

27 min
20 min prep
7 min cook

Serves 2

Ingredients

  • 6 oz Lobster tails, thawed
  • 1/4 cup Chardonnay
  • 1 cup Salted butter
  • 1 tsp Fresh chives, chopped

Instructions

  1. Remove shell from lobster: hold tail in one hand with top of hard shell facing up. Using kitchen shears, cut through top shell and through meat, stopping just before bottom shell. Do not cut through wide end of tail. Carefully lift meat away from shell.
  2. In a shallow pan, bring white wine to a simmer then whisk in cut butter a few pieces at a time until melted.
  3. Add lobster meat to simmering wine butter mixture and cook 3 minutes per side, basting exposed meat. Remove tails once they reach 140ºF.
  4. Garnish with chives and serve alongside steak.

Nutrition

0gCarbs
48gFat
29gProtein

Nutrition Facts

2 servings

  • Amount Per Serving
    Calories560
  • % Daily Value*
  • Total Fat
    • 48g
    • 74%
  • Saturated Fat
    • 29g
    • 145%
  • Trans Fat
    • 2g
  • Cholesterol
    • 340mg
    • 113%
  • Sodium
    • 700mg
    • 29%
  • Total Carbohydrate
    • 0g
  • Dietary Fiber
    • 0g
  • Sugars
    • 0g
  • Protein
    • 29g
  • Vitamin C
  • Calcium
    • 80%
  • Iron
    • 6%
  • Vitamin A
    • 30%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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