How to Cook Frozen Lobster Tails

Lobster tails... the mention itself makes the mouth water. Lobster tails are very scrumptious and everybody loves to gorge on them. Cooking them however, takes a lot of effort and time. Right? Well, let me tell you, not anymore. Frozen lobster tails are a delicious, almost ready-to-eat meat, which you can easily store in your refrigerator. They can be eaten steamed, grilled, boiled or baked. Here is a simple method for cooking frozen lobster tails.

Defrost
The first step in cooking frozen lobster tails is to thaw the lobster completely. Defrosting is essential prior to cooking because it helps in maintaining their flavor. You may cook lobster with ice intact, but the resultant meat will be less delicious than the one which has been thawed before.

When you get the lobster tails from the market, keep them in the refrigerator for a day. Remember not to take them out from the packaging before keeping in the refrigerator. After twenty-four hours, the lobster tails will get defrosted. Another method to defrost is to keep them in water for some time. This is a quicker way to defrost them. While defrosting in water, keep the lobster tails in storage bags before immersing them in water so that the water does not reach the meat and render it tasteless. Some people even use an oven to defrost them, but personally, I will not recommend it as the lobster might lose its softness because of the heat in the oven.

Thaw it in the refrigerator overnight, before cooking. After the lobster tails have been thawed, you may choose any of the recipes of your choice.

Baked Lobster Tails
For this you need an oven. Start with pre-heating the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Meanwhile, wash the lobster tails with cold water, after they have been thawed, using the methods mentioned above. After washing and drying them, put them on a baking sheet. Now make a lengthwise cut on the shell in such a way that the meat is visible. Now keep the lobster tails for baking in the oven for about ten minutes. Take the meat out after ten minutes, sprinkle salt, pepper and some herbs such as oregano on top of it for taste. A scrumptious, tender, baked lobster tail is ready.

Steamed Lobster Tails
First of all clean the lobster tails with cold water so that the germs and bacteria are washed away. Once they have been cleaned and dried, skewer the lobster tails before setting them up for steaming in a steamer. This is done so that the lobster tails do not curl upon steaming. Now put them in the steamer and cook for about three minutes. Remember to leave enough space in between the lobsters while steaming so that they are cooked on all sides.

For steaming, you may put water or beer or white wine in the steamer. Alternately you can make a sauce by mixing wine, cream and paprika and steam the lobster in it. After the steaming has been done, put the lobster tails under cold water for a while. Steamed lobster tails are now ready to be served. Just like a steamed lobster, grilled lobster is also quite tasty.

A frozen lobster has many benefits compared to a live lobster. It costs less, is easy to prepare and can be stored for a very long time in the refrigerator, until you are ready to cook it.