Boiled Maine Lobster

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 25 mins
  • Yield: 4lobster
  • About This Recipe

    “Move over Martha Stewart. simple is better. Let the natural flavor of the lobster come through and watch your guests’ eyes glaze over.”

    Ingredients

  • 4 (1 1/4 lb)lobsters
  • sea salt
  • 1gallonwater
  • 1lbbutter, melted
  • Directions

  • Bring to a roiling boil a large kettle of salted water.
  • Place lobsters in boiling water head first. Cover and cook for 15 minutes.
  • Remove and serve with melted butter.
  • HOW TO EAT: Twist off the claws. Crack each claw with a nut cracker.
  • Separate the tail piece from the body. Bend back and break the flippers off the tail piece. Insert a fork where the flippers have been broken off and push out the meat.
  • Separate the back from the body. Open the remaining part of the body by cracking apart sideways. There is some good meat in this section.
  • The small claws are excellent eating! The meat sucked out like like sipping through a straw!
  • Reviews

  • “Thank you so much for posting this recipe, it’s simple and makes perfectly cooked lobsters. The natural taste of fresh lobster is divine all by itself and doesn’t need Martha Stewart meddling with it! I normally buy lobsters freshly cooked, but they had a big sale on the live ones and weren’t expecting any to remain to be cooked by the store. I can remember my parents steaming lobsters in a pot with water and seaweed but I couldn’t see myself running to the shore to get some this time of year! Plus I wasn’t quite sure how long to cook them for, other than that they had to turn red before they’re done. It was great to be able to come here and find a nice simple way to make them. Just delicious. “

  • “My husband and I have never tried to boil our own lobsters. Thank you for posting a recipe that is simple and something two novices could do without any trouble at all. Your how to eat instructions were helpful as well. The lobster meat was succulent and a true guilty pleasure. Thanks Barbara Mooers.”

  • “This recipe is all mapped out…no mistakes. We cooked them outside on a big turkey cooker. Easy. I will look for this again.”

  • “THE one and only way to cook lobster!!Excellent.”

  • “Why people want to pay $15+ per lb for lobster and cover the flavor of lobster with $.25 worth of bay leaves and thyme is beyond me.Having grown up in Maine and practically weaned on lobster, Aroostook’s recipe is the only way to cook lobster.Save the Old Bay for crab…”

  • “I must say this indeed the best way to enjoy a taste of the sea.If you love garlic taste and/or lemon taste with seafood.Then go ahead add a clove of garlic to the melted butter or drizzel a few drops of “fresh” lemon juice to it.”

  • “Excellent.PLEASE PEOPLE, don’t just melt the butter, but make it DRAWN butter. Google it, or look it up here.But basically you want to heat the butter until it seperates. Skim off the foamy layer, let the milk and water settle to the bottom.Carefully pour the golden liquid into a serving bowl without pouring in the settled water or milk.It will make all the difference.”

  • “Exactly the way we love it.Clean and sweet.The only other thing the I do is put a little lemon in the melted butter.Adds a little twist but does not overpower the lobster.”

  • “First time I have had lobster since moving to Costa Rica. This was excellent. I used to broil the tails with butter. This was my first time with a whole lobster and they (had company) came out perfect. Had to use pliers to crack them but what the heck use what works.”

  • “I gave this 4 stars. We had fresh lobsters right from the ocean when we visited Mass. My fiancee loved these. I’m not a big lobster but they were good. Thanks for posting a good recipe. Christine (internetnut)”

  • “Thank you so much for this simple yet delicious recipe!I was a little intimidated about cooking the lobsters my husband caught yesterday but since you included the instructions how to eat them it worked out great.I’ve only ever had lobster that had been cracked open for me in a restaurant and even though this was a little more work this tasted better than the restaurants!”

  • “Hubby made this for a romantic Anniversary dinner. Thanks for a great recipe to make our evening perfect!”

  • “As any New Englander can tell you, this is the ONLY way to truly enjoy lobster.At 2 years old my finicky DD would eat an entire boiled lobster all by herself!”

  • “Fabulous!!! The true, natural flavor of the lobster is allowed to shine through in this simple to follow recipe. Chris and I enjoyed this thoroughly, and really were very pleased that our first attempt at cooking live lobsters was such a smashing success, thanks to your recipe!!!!Thanks again!!Teresa”

  • “My husband treated me and a few of our friends to fresh boiled lobster using your recipe. I tried to supervise things but didn’t need to. Your directions were clear and this was so easy, even a couple of country bumpkins like us could handle it. Bless my soul, the natural flavor of the fresh lobster meat was quite spectacular. Thanks Barb!! “

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