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How To Steam Lobster Tails

Maine Lobster Tails

Kate's Butter

Salt

Step 1

Choose a pot large enough to hold your lobster tails with a tight-fitting lid that is large enough to fit the lobster tails with enough room for the steam to circulate around them.

Step 2

Place a steamer basket or an upturned colander in the pot so lobster tails are not submerged in the water.

Step 3

Pour in cold water to a depth of about 2 inches.

Step 4

Cover your pot and bring water to a boil.

Step 5

Once the water is boiling, quickly add the lobster tails to the pot and cover.

Step  6

Steam the lobster tails using the lobster tails steaming times below.

Step 7

Once you have reached your approximate cooking time, remove the pot from heat and check one of the tails. The tails should be completely cooked in the center of the meat.

Step 8

Remove your lobster tails from the cooking pot using tongs or gloves so that your tails to not overcook.

Step 9

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How to steam soul food lobster tails:Whipping together a Cajun garlic butter sauce &amp; steaming soul food lobster tail in the Instant Pot is as easy as 1 minute! You may find yourself rereading the instructions thinking it can&#39;t be that easy! 

Soul Food Lobster Tail Recipe

lobster tails

unsalted butter (divided

water

Open the Instant Pot lid and place the trivet rack inside the stainless-steel inner pot.

Then pour the water into the Inner Pot.

Using a sharp knife or kitchen scissors, carefully cut a straight line from the top of the lobster tail shell down to the tip of the tail to expose the lobster meat.

Devein and remove any grit, if applicable.

Then pull the shell down so the lobster meat sits on top of the shell, creating a &quot;butterflied&quot; appearance. (Ideally, you want the lobster meat exposed on top of the body, but if not, the slit down the shell is all you need for proper pressure cooking.)

Arrange the lobster tails on top of the trivet with the shells facing down and the lobster meat up.

Place pats of butter on top of the lobster meat.

Close the Instant Pot lid (make sure the valve is up – in the position for sealing) and pressure cook on high for 1 minute.

When the cooking time is finished, do a quick pressure release to open the Instant Pot lid: move the valve to ‘venting’ and manually release the remaining pressure.

Remove the lobster tails from the Instant Pot using the trivet rack handles with an oven mitt.

Serve with lemon wedges and melted butter, or Cajun butter garlic sauce, and enjoy!

*Instructions for Cajun garlic butter sauce are below in the recipe notes.

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How to steam soul food lobster tails:
Whipping together a Cajun garlic butter sauce & steaming soul food lobster tail in the Instant Pot is as easy as 1 minute! You may find yourself rereading the recipe instructions thinking it can't be that easy! 

Print the recipe! - https://thesoulfoodpot.com/soul-food-lobster-tail/

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Cuisine: Instant Pot recipe, Seafood, Soul Food
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Soul Food Lobster Tail Recipe - How To Steam Lobster Tails

This recipe show you how easy it is to cook steamed lobster tails. First butterfly the tails then steam them with some fresh lemon, before serving them with some melted butter and a wedge of lemon for an extra burst of zesty citrus.

Steamed Lobster Tails

lobster tails (4-oz each, rinsed and butterflied)

lemon (sliced)

Fill a pot with 1 inch of water so that it is below the steamer basket. Bring the water to a boil.

Once the water is boiling, line the steamer basket with the slices of lemon and place the butterflied lobster tails in the steamer basket on top of the lemon slices, making sure they are not overcrowded. Place the steamer basket on top of the pot with boiling water, cover, and steam the lobster tails for 6-8 minutes, or until the shells turn bright red and the meat becomes opaque.

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