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Kittitian Grilled Lobster

Name: Kittitian Grilled Lobster
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ingredients: 2 Spiny Lobster; 40g Butter; 2 cloves Garlic; 2 tbsp Lime juice; A pinch Parsley; A pinch Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 1/2 Chili pepper

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Spiny lobster split and grilled with garlic butter — a beach feast of Nevis.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Caribbean spiny lobster is caught in the waters around Saint Kitts and Nevis, and at beach restaurants on Nevis, split lobster brushed with garlic, butter, and lime and grilled over charcoal is a specialty. It's served with rice and peas or salad.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a beach restaurant on Nevis, against a sunset sea, split lobster grills over charcoal as garlic butter is drizzled on.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Spiny Lobster 2
Butter 40g
Garlic 2 cloves
Lime juice 2 tbsp
Parsley A pinch
Salt A pinch
Black Pepper A pinch
Chili pepper 1/2

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Halve the lobster lengthwise and remove the vein.
Mix softened butter with grated garlic, lime juice, chopped parsley and chili, salt, and pepper.
Spread half the butter over the meat.
Grill over charcoal or under a fish grill, shell side down, for 8–10 minutes.
Top with the remaining butter when done and serve.

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