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Smoked lobster tails on shell

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Ingredients

  • 6 lobster tails
  • ¼ cup salted butter
  • 2 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1 tbsp minced chives
  • 1 tbsp minced parsley
  • 3 lemons
  • 40 grams tobiko or fish roe

Instructions

  • Melt the butter and add the garlic, the chives and the parsley.
  • With a pair of kitchen scissors, cup the top shell in a straight line in the center of the lobster tails. Stop at the base of the tail
  • Flip the tail and crack the ribs in the middle of the tail's bottom.
  • Flip the tail and carefully open the shell with your thumbs and lift the lobster meat up, leaving the base of the tail attached.
  • Close the shell underneath the meat. The lobster should sit on top of it's shell.
  • Spread the butter on top of the lobster tails
  • Place some lemons cut in halves on the grill
  • Turn your smoker on at 225°F, place the lobsters directly on the grill and cook for about 1 hour
  • Drizzle some hot lemon juice over the tails while they are smoking
  • Serve hot with extra melted garlic butter and tobiko on top of the lobster
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