Boiled Lobster recipe

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Ingredients

3 gallons water
2 large onions, quartered
10 cloves garlic, peeled and cut in half
2 lemons, quartered
2 oranges, quartered
5 stalks celery, quartered
4 tablespoons black pepper
4 tablespoons seasoned salt
6 fresh jalapeno peppers
2 fresh live lobsters

Nutrition Info

793.1 calories
carbohydrate: 77 g
cholesterol: 382.7 mg
fat: 5.2 g
fiber: 18.5 g
protein: 117.7 g
saturatedFat: 1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 7793.5 mg
sugar: 25.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Pour the water into a large pot and add the onions, garlic, lemons, oranges, celery, black pepper, seasoned salt and jalapeno peppers. Bring to a full rolling boil and boil for 20 minutes.

  2. Add the lobsters and place a lid over the pot. Boil for 15 minutes (depending on the size of your lobsters). Remove the lobsters from the pot, and place in a colander under cool running water to stop the cooking. Serve.

Recipe Yield

2 servings

Recipe Note

I learned this style of cooking from my mother-in-law. This recipe will work with crawfish or shrimp. You can add as many lobsters as you want, but cook no more than two at a time.

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