Here’s a luxurious, restaurant-style Butter-Poached Lobster 🦞—tender, silky, and infused with rich buttery flavor.
🦞 Butter-Poached Lobster (Recipe)
🧾 Ingredients (serves 2)
- 2 lobster tails or whole lobster
Lobster - 200g unsalted butter (cut into cubes)
- 2 cloves garlic (crushed)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Salt to taste
- White pepper (optional)
- Fresh thyme or parsley (optional)
👨🍳 Instructions
1. Prepare the lobster
- If using whole lobster, remove meat from shell (or split tails)
- Pat dry and lightly season with salt
2. Start the butter base
- In a small pan, melt butter on very low heat
- Add garlic and herbs (do NOT let butter brown)
👉 The key is gentle heat—no frying, just slow melting.
3. Poach the lobster
- Add lobster pieces into the warm butter
- Keep temperature low (around 60–70°C / 140–160°F)
- Cook gently for 5–8 minutes, spooning butter over the meat
- Lobster is done when it turns opaque and tender
4. Finish the sauce
- Add lemon juice at the end
- Adjust salt and pepper
5. Serve
- Plate lobster and drizzle extra warm butter on top
- Garnish with parsley
- Serve with bread, mashed potatoes, or pasta
🧠 What makes it special
This dish highlights the natural sweetness of Lobster while slowly infusing it with rich, silky butter for a melt-in-your-mouth texture.
💡 Pro Tips
- Never let butter boil or it will split
- Use a thermometer for perfect poaching
- Add a splash of white wine for extra depth
- Serve immediately for best texture
If you want, I can also give you:
- 🧄 Garlic butter lobster pasta
- 🔥 Grilled Cajun lobster tails
- 🧀 Creamy lobster risotto
Just tell me 👍
