Recipe Contest Entry, Main Courses: Garlic Grilled Lobster

Make sure your catch-of the-day tastes as fresh as possible: When buying lobsters, look for ones that aren't lying idle in their tanks and have both of their claws.

Ingredients

1 pound uncooked lobster meat, start with two 1 1/4 pound whole lobsters
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 medium garlic clove(s), mashed
3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1/8 tsp table salt, or to taste
1/8 tsp black pepper, or to taste

Instructions
Preheat grill. To prepare lobsters, cut off heads, split tails and crack claws; set aside.

Stir together olive oil, garlic and lemon juice; season to taste with salt and pepper. Toss tails and claws with half the olive oil mixture.

Grill lobster pieces, turning and moving them as they cook until shells are charred and meat is firm and opaque, about 8 minutes.

If you care to... crack lobsters and dip meat in remaining olive oil mixture. Yields about 3 ounces lobster meat and 2 teaspoons sauce per serving.

prep time is around 15 min
cooking time 8 min