How to Make Clarified Butter

• Melt salted butter in small saucepan over low heat, without stirring. Let the butter simmer for roughly 10 minutes, or until it is fully melted and milk solids separate from the fat.

  Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes. Skim off any foam using a small ladle or spoon. Slowly pour off clear yellow liquid, leaving behind the residue of milk solids that has settled to bottom of pan. The golden liquid butter is now drawn and ready for the lobster.

How to Make Grilled Lobster Tail Recipe

Prepare the Lobster Tails

• Trim the meat that is hanging from the top of the lobster tail. This meat has been exposed to a lot of elements and could have an unpleasant flavor.
• Once the meat is trimmed, grab your kitchen shears and cut through the top of the shell lengthwise. Stop right before you hit the tail fan.
• Grab a sharp knife and cut the lobster in half leaving the tail fan and a small portion of the tail intact.
• Spread the lobster open at the slit. Carefully release the lobster meat from the shell about ¾ of the way up. Leave a small portion of the tail and the tail fan intact. Once the meat is gently released, you can nestle it back into the shell.

Prepare the Grill

• Preheat the grill to 400-425 degrees Fahrenheit.

  Brush the grill grates ensuring they are clean. Dirty grates can cause the lobster meat to turn black which will taste bad and be unappealing.
• Lubricate half of the grill grates with avocado oil right. Before adding the lobster tails. Add foil to the second half of the grill. So, the left side should have avocado oiled grates and the right side should have foil.

  The best way to lubricate the grill grates is to tightly roll a towel, and dip it in avocado oil. Use tongs to hold the rolled towel and rub the grates. This will also get off and grit from previous cooking so make sure it is an old, clean towel you do not care about getting dirty.

Grill the Lobster

• Brush the prepared lobster meat with a touch of avocado oil. Add the tails to the side of the hot grill that has been brushed with avocado oil, meat side down. Be careful as the avocado oil can flare up.
• Cook for 6-8 minutes meat side down. Cooking time will vary based on size of the tails and temperature of the grill. If the tails are getting too dark, turn the heat down.
• Using tongs, carefully flip the tails over and place them on the side of the grill that has the foil. They should easily release from the grates. Pro Tip: grab the tails from the tail fan / bottom of the tail area to flip them over.
• Once the tails are right side up on the foil, (shell on the foil) brush them with melted clarified butter. Cook for an additional 5-6 minutes or until the tails are fully cooked through.
• Once the tails are cooked through, remove them from the grill, Serve with the reserved clarified butter, lemon wedges and a sprinkle of freshly chopped parsley.