Easy Lobster Rolls Recipe
This past week has been a tough one for us. Due to coronavirus pandemic, many people are asked to work from home to practice social distancing. As a result, lots of businesses such restaurants are losing money and are trying to figure out ways to liquidate their inventory. Our parents were informed of a local seafood restaurant selling live lobsters for $8/lbs (Cdn) and could not resist the deal. We had initially asked for them to pick us up a 3 lbs lobster. When we went to pick up the live lobster from their porch (social distancing), we realized we got a lobster much bigger than we expected – 5lbs to be exact. We took a picture of it beside a banana for scale.
As you can imagine, this leaves us with a lot of lobster meat. Rest assure, we’re making sure none of it goes to waste. One of the things we were really craving/wanted to try was make Easy Lobster Rolls.
The problem? We did not have any hot dog buns readily available as we were not prepared for this impromptu purchase. In order to limit the need to go outside, we decided to be resourceful and make our own hot dog buns!
Making the lobster salad that goes inside the hot dog buns to make the lobster roll is fairly simple and straight forward. All you need to do is first prepare the Lobster Salad.
How we cooked the lobster:
We didn’t do anything fancy to cook the lobster – all we did was boil it in a large pot of boiling water seasoned with salt. We followed the instructions from Maine Lobster for the cooking time based on how heavy the lobster was. For us, it was roughly 35 minutes.
Suggestions on spices/herbs to add to your lobster salad:
You can have some flexibility in terms of what herbs you want to use but we went with what we had available around the house. Here are some suggestions on what spices/herbs you can add to your lobster salad:
- Parsley
- Tarragon
- Smoked Paprika
- Basil
- Thyme
- Sage
Possibilities are endless and it all comes down to personal preference. See below for the recipe we ended up using
Easy Lobster Rolls Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds of cooked lobster meat
- 3 tablespoons of mayo
- 2 tablespoons of minced onion
- 2 tablespoons of chopped celery
- 2 tsp chopped chives
- 2 tsp chopped dill
- salt & pepper to taste
- juice from half a lemon
- 5 hot dog buns (this is based on our homemade hot dog buns that are smaller than traditional hot dog buns)
- 2 tbsp butter, softened (to butter the hot dog buns)
Instructions
- 1. In a medium sized bowl, combine all ingredients to make the lobster salad.
- 2. Chill for at least 1 hour to allow the flavours to meld together
- 3. When ready to assemble, butter the inside of the hot dog buns. On a large pan set over medium-high heat, place the hot dog buns with butter side down and toasted for a minute or two until nicely toasted to a dark golden brown. This extra layer of crispiness makes all the difference!
- 4. Remove the buns from the heat and scoop in a generous amount of lobster salad. Serve with a wedge of lemon.
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