Pan-Seared Maine Lobster Margarita

INGREDIENTS:

4 each                    1 pound Maine Lobsters, split

4 teaspoons           olive oil

¼ cup                    tequila

1 teaspoon             coarse salt

1½ teaspoons        fresh ground black pepper

2 Tablespoons       fresh lime juice plus

1/3 cup                  fresh lime juice

2 tablespoons        frozen orange concentrate

2 ounces                Triple Sec

2 each                    green onions, sliced thin

6 dashes                hot sauce

4 tablespoons        mango, diced small

4 tablespoons         avocado, diced small       

4 tablespoons         jicama

4 tablespoons         cilantro, chopped fine

1 pinch                   red pepper

4-6 ounces             baked (not fried) tortilla chips for garnish

DIRECTIONS:

Crack claws.  Place a large well-seasoned cast iron skillet over high heat.  Brush with oil.  When almost smoking add Maine Lobsters, shell side down.  Cook over high heat 3-4 minutes until shells turn red.  Warm tequila in a small metal measuring cup.  Pour over Maine Lobster and flame.  When flame dies out, sprinkle with 2 tablespoons lime juice, season with salt and 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper.  Spray all over with olive oil cooking spray.  Roast 13 minutes or until just cooked through.  When cool enough to handle, remove and dice meat.  Reserve roe. Discard tomalley (greenish liver.)  Discard shells and set aside 4 claws.  Combine remaining lime juice, orange concentrate, Triple Sec, green onions, hot sauce, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and 2 teaspoons olive oil.  Toss Maine Lobster meat with mango, avocado, jicama and cilantro, and red pepper.  Dip oversize Margarita glass rims in lime juice, then in coarse salt.  Divide Maine Lobster mixture into glasses.  Place glasses on small plates.  Insert a lime wedge in each claw and use to garnish plates.  Serve with baked chips.

NUTRITIONAL:

Per serving (does not include tortilla chip garnish ):

calories 512                                       

cholesterol 71  milligrams

protein 26  grams                          

sodium 2501  milligrams

total fat 19  grams                          

dietary fiber 6.8  grams

carbohydrate 49  grams                          

calcium 216  milligrams

 Nutritional information provided by MasterCook II, 1995.  Nutritional profiles are meant to be approximate guides to nutrient contents of the recipe.  Those persons on special diets may require more specific nutrient data and should consult their personal physicians, registered dietitians, and/or food manufacturers.

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