Cooking lobster help please?!
Cooking lobster help please?
thank you for reading , i want to cook a lobster tonight can i put a lobster in boiling water ? and how long do i leave it in the boiling water ? how do i know when its done ? help please its dinner time thank you .
Answers:
I am a former chef from Canada and have cooked over 1000 lobsters, first you cook it 7 minute per pound, so a 1 1/2 pound lobster is done in 10-12 minutes no more or it will be chewy, and why waste your money on chewy lobster.
Bring the water to a boil, add a generous handful of salt, drop the lobster in, put the lid on to bring it back to boil then remove the lid, and time it for the cooking time.
When it is done, take it out, let it rest just like a steak or all the juices run out (2-3 minutes), then either split it, or pull the claws and tail off, alot depends on how your serving it.
If you ever venture into a dish like Lobster thermidor, you only half cook the lobster as your warming it in the sauce in the end.
Hope this was of service, I have not eaten it in sometime, it is like turkey, I did so many over my 20+ yr career, it is somethng I can do with out.