How to Make Lobster Tacos | Tacos

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

lobster meat

🥗Healthier: shrimp

💰Cheaper: pollock

Shrimp is more affordable and pollock offers a similar texture.

corn tortillas

🥗Healthier: whole wheat tortillas

💰Cheaper: flour tortillas

Whole wheat adds fiber while flour tortillas are often less expensive.

jalapeño

🥗Healthier: banana pepper

💰Cheaper: bell pepper

Banana peppers offer mild heat while bell peppers are budget-friendly.

Humanely kill the lobster by severing the nerve endings with a knife.

Remove the claw and tail meat from the lobster.

Boil the claws for 8 minutes and the tail for 6 minutes in a pot of boiling water.

Melt butter in a pan over low heat and add garlic and salt to create a garlic lime butter sauce.

Once the lobster is cooked, save some of the lobster stock.

Chop the lobster meat and coat it in the garlic lime butter sauce.

Warm the corn tortillas in a pan for about 30 seconds on each side.

Assemble the tacos by placing lobster meat on two tortillas for stability.

Top with cilantro and any additional toppings like lettuce or avocado.

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