Boiled Lobster Breakdown

Prep: 10min
| Servings: 2 | Cook: 20min
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Cooking boiled lobster is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the cooking category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 1 lobster

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Hold the boiled lobster on its carapace and detach the claws from the body.

  2. 2.

    Cut the lower claw segments at the joint of the claw.

  3. 3.

    Bend and pull off the upper, small claw finger backwards.

  4. 4.

    Score the carapace of the large claw with a heavy knife.

  5. 5.

    Slice around the carapace from all sides until it breaks apart.

  6. 6.

    Separate the shell, remove the claw shells, loosen the meat and extract it from the shell.

  7. 7.

    Place the knife behind the lobster head and halve the tail.

  8. 8.

    Then turn the lobster and also halve the head.

  9. 9.

    Use your fingers to pull out the digestive tract.