Today’s recipe is inspired by a dish I ordered when in Boston last month. It was a whole lobster, split in half and grilled. I am fine with that but the icing on the crustacean cake was this flavourful red curry sauce.
There are many styles of curries (Indian, Japanese, West Indian) but this one is a thai-style. Most supermarkets now carry chilli pastes, making your sauce game much easier and you don’t have to buy a slew of ingredients that will wallow in your pantry cupboard.
You could also go with a green curry but I think red on red lobster looks better! This is an easy recipe: steam your lobster, make the sauce, grill lobster, reheat sauce, pour over lobster and serve!
Grilled Lobster with Red Curry Ouzo Sauce
Recipe by Peter MinakiCourse: Appetizer4
servings1
hour30
minutesIngredients
1 lives lobsters (1 1/2lb each)
- Red Curry Ouzo Sauce
2 Tbsp. butter
1/2 cup finely diced scallions
2 Tbsp. of Thai curry paste
1 tsp. grated ginger
2 cloves of minced garlic
1/4 cup white wine
2 cups heavy cream (or coconut milk)
1/4 cup of Ouzo
- Garnish
Grilled lemon halves
Chopped fresh chives or sliced scallions (the green part)
Directions
- To cook your lobster, place a steam basket in a pot with water and cover. Bring water up to a boil then add lobsters and cover. Steam for approx. 10 minutes (the tail will have curled).
- Remove lobster from the steamer and allow to cool or place in an ice water bath to cool quickly. Set Aside.
To make the red curry sauce, place a large skillet on your stovetop over medium heat and add butter and once melted add scallions and sweat for 2 minutes. - Now add the curry paste, ginger and garlic and stir for a minute. Add the wine and cook for a couple of minutes.
Add the cream, Ouzo and bring up to a simmer. Cook for about 12-15 minutes. Adjust seasoning with salt, pepper (add more curry paste or cream). Take off the heat. - Pre-heat your grill. Use a sharp knife to cut the lobster in half (lengthwise). Use a fork to devein and discard.
- Brush the flesh side with olive oil and lightly season with salt and pepper. Brush your lemon halves too!
Brush your grill surface, wipe with an oil-treated towel to lubricate. - Grill your lobster (and lemons) flesh-side down for 2-3 minutes them flip and cook other side for another 2-3 minutes (remember we steamed them so they are pretty much cooked, we want to quickly heat them).
- Transfer lobsters to a cutting board and use the back of a heavy chef knife to crack the claws and knckles place on a plate/platter.
- Reheat the curry sauce, add more cream if too thick, swirl in. Pour red curry sauce over lobster, garnish with chives/scallions and serve with grilled lemons.
Notes
- Serves 4 appetizers or 2 as main
- *I love serving rice pilaf with lobster
- ** Make this dish Lent-friendly use coconut milk
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