Puerto Nuevo-Style Lobster Tacos
- 6 1 1/2-pound live lobsters, rinsed
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted
- Toasted-Garlic Rice with Fresh Herbs and Lime
- Crunchy Pear Salsa
- Warm flour tortillas
- Lime wedges
- Fill very large bowl with ice water.
- Bring large stockpot of water to boil.
- Plunge 2 lobsters headfirst into boiling water.
- Cook 3 minutes (lobsters will not be fully cooked).
- Using tongs, transfer lobsters to ice water to cool.
- Repeat procedure twice more with remaining lobsters.
- Using heavy cleaver or large knife, immediately cut each lobster lengthwise in half.
- Remove intestinal tract and rinse away green tomalley.
- Crack claws; remove claw meat.
- Place claw meat in body cavities.
- Preheat broiler.
- Arrange 6 lobster halves, meat side up, on each of 2 large baking sheets.
- Brush lobster meat generously with some of melted butter.
- Broil 1 sheet of lobster halves until meat is just opaque, about 3 minutes.
- Repeat with second sheet.
- Arrange lobster halves on platter.
- Drizzle remaining butter over.
- Spoon rice, then lobster meat and salsa onto warm tortillas.
- Fold up tortillas and serve with lime wedges.
- Warm tortillas in an ungreased skillet over medium heat, about 1 minute per side (do not brown).
- Stack them on a plate, and cover with plastic wrap.
live lobsters, butter, garlic, crunchy, flour tortillas, wedges
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/puerto-nuevo-style-lobster-tacos-107852 (may not work)