How to prepare Baked Lobster Tails

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil reduces saturated fat while adding flavor.

parsley

🥗Healthier: cilantro

💰Cheaper: green onions

Cilantro adds freshness and is often cheaper.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

If the lobster tails are not pre-scored, cut the top layer of the shell lengthwise with kitchen shears, stopping just before the tail.

Carefully cut through the shell and the top quarter inch of the meat, but not all the way through.

Turn the lobster tail over and crack through the bottom layer of the shell in the middle.

Turn the lobster back over and pull the meat up and out from the shell, separating it from the shell.

Lay the lobster meat over the back of the shell in a piggyback style and remove any veins.

Transfer the lobster tails to a cooking sheet.

Brush the lobster tails with melted butter, or olive oil, and season with salt and pepper.

Bake the lobster tails for roughly 15 minutes until they reach an internal temperature of 145 degrees, checking with a thermometer inserted halfway into the thickest part.

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