Lobster Baja Style Recipes

LOBSTER TACOS

Steps:

• Start by soaking the minced onion in the lime juice. Sprinkle salt over it and mix well. Now cut all your other vegetables. Doing it this way will take the sting out of the onions.
• Chop all your other vegetables and add them to the bowl with the lime juice and onions. Mix well and add salt to taste. Have this ready for the lobster.
• Heat your tortillas now. If you are making your own, make them after the salpicon but before you steam the lobster.
• Set a steamer tray in a pot and pour enough water to come up to just below the level of the tray. Cover the pot and bring this to a boil. Lift the lid, set the lobster tails on the tray, cover the pot and steam for about 10 to 15 minutes. Big Maine lobster tails can take 15 minutes, but little Caribbean or Pacific lobster tails will only take about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a little pot. When the lobster is ready, remove it from the shells and cut into bite-sized pieces. Put the lobster in a bowl and toss with the melted butter.
• Mix the lobster with the salpicon, add it to tortillas and have at it!

BAJA LOBSTER TACOS

Steps:

• Peel and mash avocados in a medium serving bowl. Stir in tomato, jalapeno pepper, onion, cilantro, lime juice, and salt. Cover guacamole with plastic wrap and set aside while preparing the tacos.
• Preheat a cast iron grill pan over medium heat.
• Mix melted butter, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper together in a small bowl.
• Split lobster tails lengthwise with a large knife and brush flesh side of tail with butter mixture. Cook until grill marks show, about 6 minutes. Flip lobster tails and cook for 2 minutes more.
• In the meantime, heat a griddle over medium heat until hot. Cook tortillas on the griddle for about 1 minute on each side.
• Pull lobster meat from shells and cut into 1/2-inch pieces. Spread 1 heaping tablespoon of guacamole in the center of each warm tortilla and top with the lobster meat.

LOBSTER -- BAJA STYLE

Steps:

• Heat BBQ grill.
• Combine butter and garlic.
• Place one lobster tail on each foil sheet.
• Spread 1 tablespoon butter/garlic mixture on each lobster.
• Add one tablespoon of wine or water to packet.
• Fold and seal edges of foil of each packet.
• Grill for 20 minutes.

BAJA LOBSTER AND MANGO SALAD

Steps:

• Salad: Using a sharp knife, remove the peel and white pith from the orange. Working over a small bowl, slice between the membranes to release the orange segments, letting the juice and segments fall into the bowl (reserve the juice for the dressing). Using a slotted spoon, transfer the orange segments to a large bowl. Add the lobster, avocados, mango, and scallions.
• Dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil and lime juice. Whisk 2 tablespoons of the reserved orange juice into the dressing and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Pour the dressing over the lobster mixture and toss gently to coat.
• Divide the salad greens between 4 glasses or bowls. Spoon the lobster salad on top and serve.

ENSENADA LOBSTER THERMIDOR

Steps:

• Bring a large stock pot of water to a boil. Add the salt, onion, bay leaf, peppercorns, lemon, and garlic. Let simmer to infuse the water, about 5 minutes, and then add the lobster and cook for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the lobster from the water and place in a bowl of ice water. When cool, remove the legs and set aside. Starting at the center of each lobster, cut in half lengthwise along the back, and clean out the tomalley, adding to the bowl with the legs. Remove the tail and claw meat and roughly chop. Save the legs, claw shells, and tomalley for another purpose, such as stock. Rinse the shells for serving.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a medium saute pan, add the butter, oil and chorizo and cook for 5 to 6 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the red bell pepper and garlic and saute until the garlic is cooked, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the flour and cook until roux is blonde in color, 3 to 4 minutes more. Slowly stir in the milk and cook until thickened. Add the white wine, tarragon, Dijon, pepper, lemon juice and 1/4 cup Parmesan. Remove from the heat.
• Combine the lobster meat and sauce and fill the cleaned lobster shells with the mixture. Top with the panko and remaining Parmesan.
• Place on a baking sheet and cook until the top browns, 8 to 12 minutes.