Description
You went to the store and have some live lobsters, a large stockpot, and you are ready to go. Do you know how long to boil a lobster per pound?
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 Live Lobsters
- 62-qt Stockpot (we used Bayou brand which can be found here)
- Salted butter as needed
- Lemon Slices to serve
- You will need utensils to crack the lobsters open after cooking. They can be found on my amazon shopping list.
Instructions
- If you have a smaller stockpot then you will have to cook them in batches. Allow 3 quarts of water per 1.5 pound lobster. Add 1/4 cup of salt for each 4 quarts of water. Put the lobsters in using gloves or tongs. The lobsters will be bright red when they’re ready, about 10 minutes. Place the boiled lobsters on a cooling rack when you’re done and let them stand for 5 minutes before serving.
- Microwave a stick of butter for a minute and serve the lobster with butter!
Notes
- Do not store the lobsters in freshwater or they will die - this includes putting ice on them. Store them in a box inside the refrigerator. I would pick up the lobsters right before you need to cook them for best results.
- It is better to undercook than overcook a lobster as well as cooling your lobster post boiling. Make sure you don’t leave them in the pot even if you turn the stove off. We cooked 4 large lobsters in a 64-quart pot.
- Cooking a live animal can be uncomfortable so we want to do this as humanely as possible. Make sure you put the lobster in the boiling water head first.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 129
- Fat: 1.25 g
- Carbohydrates: 0
- Protein: 27.55 g
