Traditional Lobster Salad Recipe
Traditional Lobster Salad are easy to prepare and absolutely delicious! Adding them to your spread will definitely make statement about your excellent cooking skills! The Traditional Lobster Salad is definitely something that you simply cant afford to miss!!
Ingredients
1 pound fully cooked lobster meat, or 5 pounds live lobsters
1 medium cucumber (5 to 6 ounces), peeled, seeded, and finely diced
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3 small scallions (white and most of the green parts), thinly sliced
Kosher or sea salt to taste
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Directions
If using live lobsters, steam or boil them.
Let them cool at room temperature.
Use a cleaver to crack and remove the meat from the claws, knuckles, and tails.
Remove the cartilage from the claws and the intestine from the tails of the cooked meat.
Cut the meat into 1/2 inch dice.
You may pick all the meat from the carcass and add it to the meat or freeze the carcass for soup or broth.
Place the cucumber in a colander for at least 5 minutes to drain the excess liquid.
In a bowl, combine the lobster, cucumber, and mayonnaise.
If the salad is to be served within the hour, add the scallions.
If not, add them 30 minutes before serving.
Season with salt, if needed, and pepper.
Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Let them cool at room temperature.
Use a cleaver to crack and remove the meat from the claws, knuckles, and tails.
Remove the cartilage from the claws and the intestine from the tails of the cooked meat.
Cut the meat into 1/2 inch dice.
You may pick all the meat from the carcass and add it to the meat or freeze the carcass for soup or broth.
Place the cucumber in a colander for at least 5 minutes to drain the excess liquid.
In a bowl, combine the lobster, cucumber, and mayonnaise.
If the salad is to be served within the hour, add the scallions.
If not, add them 30 minutes before serving.
Season with salt, if needed, and pepper.
Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes before serving.
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