Description
Lightly pan-fried succulent lobster gets tossed in a spicy chili cream sauce and plated with a tangy red onion and cucumber salad.
Ingredients
Units Scale
- 1.25 lb lobster meat (cut into large chunks (I used 8 lobster tails and cut each tail into 3 sections))
- 1 c. corn starch
- 1 T. blackened spice
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- vegetable oil (for pan frying)
Chili Sauce
- 1/2 lb. chili peppers (I used the mini sweet and 1 jalapeno)
- 1/4 medium onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 T. veggie oil
- 3 T. rice vinegar
- 2 T. brown sugar
- 2 T. fish sauce
- 1/4 c. mayo
- 1/4 tsp. hot sauce
- 1/2 cayenne pepper
- 1 T. Sriracha
- 2 T. water
Pickled Red Onion and Cucumber Salad
- 1/2 c. apple cider vinegar
- 1 T. sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 red onion (sliced thin)
- 1/2 English cucumber (halved, seeded and sliced)
- 1 mini sweet red bell pepper (sliced thin)
- Green onions (garnish)
Instructions
Make the Salad
- Whisk the apple cider vinegar, sugar and salt until dissolved. Add red onion and cucumber, and bell pepper and allow to marinate on the counter for 1 hour.
Make the Chili Sauce
- Place chili peppers, onion and garlic into a food processor and grate really fine.
- Heat 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil in medium saute pan on medium-high heat for a couple minutes.
- Add pepper mixture to saute pan and saute until fragrant.
- Add rice vinegar, brown sugar and fish sauce.<br> Combine and simmer on low for 20 minutes stirring occasionally. Allow to cool.
- Once pepper mixture has cooled, add mayo, hot sauce, cayenne pepper, Sriracha and water. Mix well. Set aside.
- Make the Lobster Bites
- Combine cornstarch, blackened spice, and kosher salt. Mix well.
- Coat lobster pieces with corn starch mixture and set aside.
- On medium-high heat, heat veggie oil with enough to make a shallow layer in a large saute pan.
- Fry lobster for 2-3 minutes on each side or until done. You made need to do a few batches. Don’t overcrowd the pan.
- Drain on paper towel and coat in chili sauce. Garnish with green onions and serve with prepared salad.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Easy
- Cuisine: American