Garlic Butter Lobster Tails

Ingredients

• 1 lb. shell-on lobster tails (about 4 tails)
• 1/2 stick salted butter, melted (4 tbsp)
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tbsp chopped parsley
• 1/2 lemon, sliced
• 1/2 lemon, squeezed for juice

Directions

1. 1Preheat the broiler on your oven. (Thaw the lobster tails if they’re frozen.)
2. 2Using a pair of kitchen scissors, cut through the top part of the lobster shell lengthwise, towards the tail
3. 3Peel back lobster tail meat from inside of shell
4. 4Pull lobster shell outward and apart to expose the lobster meat
5. 5Arrange the lobsters on a baking sheet or tray, meat side up
6. 6Melt the butter in a glass dish or small saucepan on the low-medium heat on the stove
7. 7Once butter is fully liquid, add the garlic, parsley and lemon juice, and stir to mix well
8. 8Drizzle and spread the garlic butter mixture on the raw lobster, but save some for dipping
9. 9Broil the lobster tails in the oven about 5-8 minutes (top rack, but at lease 2” below flame)
10. 10Broil until the lobster meat turns opaque and fully cooked through
11. 11Serve immediately with the remaining garlic butter and lemon slice