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Instant Pot Lobster Tail

Soul Food Lobster Tail Recipe

How to steam soul food lobster tails:
Whipping together a Cajun garlic butter sauce & steaming soul food lobster tail in the Instant Pot is as easy as 1 minute! You may find yourself rereading the instructions thinking it can't be that easy! 
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 minute
Total Time: 6 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine: Instant Pot recipe, Seafood, Soul Food
Servings: 2
Calories: 149kcal
Author: Shaunda Necole • The Soul Food Pot®

Equipment

  • Instant Pot electric pressure cooker
  • Kitchen shears (to butterfly the lobster tails)
  • Instant Pot trivet rack

Ingredients

  • 2 lobster tails
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter divided for the two tails
  • 1 cup water

Instructions

  • Open the Instant Pot lid and place the trivet rack inside the stainless-steel inner pot.
  • Then pour the water into the Inner Pot.
  • Using a sharp knife or kitchen scissors, carefully cut a straight line from the top of the lobster tail shell down to the tip of the tail to expose the lobster meat.
  • Devein and remove any grit, if applicable.
  • Then pull the shell down so the lobster meat sits on top of the shell, creating a "butterflied" appearance. (Ideally, you want the lobster meat exposed on top of the body, but if not, the slit down the shell is all you need for proper pressure cooking.)
  • Arrange the lobster tails on top of the trivet with the shells facing down and the lobster meat up.
  • Place pats of butter on top of the lobster meat.
  • Close the Instant Pot lid (make sure the valve is up – in the position for sealing) and pressure cook on high for 1 minute.
  • When the cooking time is finished, do a quick pressure release to open the Instant Pot lid: move the valve to ‘venting’ and manually release the remaining pressure.
  • Remove the lobster tails from the Instant Pot using the trivet rack handles with an oven mitt.
  • Serve with lemon wedges and melted butter, or Cajun butter garlic sauce, and enjoy!
  • *Instructions for Cajun garlic butter sauce are below in the recipe notes.

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Notes

Ingredients for Cajun garlic butter sauce

  • 4 tablespoons of melted butter
  • 1 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice
  • ½ a teaspoon of thyme
  • ½ a teaspoon of minced garlic
  • ½ a teaspoon of Cajun seasoning

Instructions for Cajun garlic butter sauce

  1. Mix the melted butter, lemon juice, thyme, garlic, and Cajun seasoning in a small bowl.
  2. Serve as a delicious soul food flavor dipping sauce with lobster meat! 

Nutrition

Calories: 149kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 110mg | Sodium: 275mg | Potassium: 130mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 352IU | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 1mg
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