Description
Tender baked lobster tails topped with garlic butter, parsley, and fresh lemon juice. An elegant yet simple seafood dinner perfect for special occasions.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 small lobster tails
- 1/2 cup salted butter, melted
- 1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 pinch seafood seasoning
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Cut lobster shells down the center using kitchen shears.
- Pull lobster meat through the shell and rest it on top.
- Arrange lobster tails in an oven-safe baking dish.
- Mix melted butter, garlic powder, and parsley.
- Season lobster tails and spoon butter mixture over each one.
- Squeeze lemon juice over the lobster.
- Bake until shells are bright red and meat is opaque.
Notes
- Do not overbake or lobster will become tough.
- Serve immediately with extra melted butter for dipping.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Seafood
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 lobster tail
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 520 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 1 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 14 g
- Cholesterol: 95 mg