🧄🧈 Garlic Butter Lobster & Scallops (Restaurant-Style at Home)
This is a rich, buttery seafood dish with perfectly seared scallops and juicy lobster—finished in a garlic-lemon butter sauce.
🧂 Ingredients (2 servings)
🦞 Seafood
- 2 lobster tails (or 1 whole lobster, cooked & cut)
- 8–10 sea scallops (large, dry-packed preferred)
🧄 Garlic Butter Sauce
- 4 tbsp butter
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp lemon zest (optional)
- Salt & black pepper (to taste)
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
- Pinch chili flakes (optional)
🍳 For cooking
- 1–2 tbsp oil (for searing scallops)
🍳 Instructions
1. Prep seafood
- Pat scallops very dry (important for a golden crust)
- If using lobster tails, cut shell and gently lift meat slightly for even cooking
2. Sear scallops (key step 🔥)
- Heat oil in a pan until very hot
- Add scallops in a single layer
- Cook 1.5–2 minutes per side until golden crust forms
- Remove and set aside
3. Cook lobster
- In the same pan, add a little butter
- Place lobster tails flesh-side down first, cook 2–3 minutes
- Flip, cover, and cook 4–6 minutes (until opaque and tender)
4. Make garlic butter sauce
- Lower heat
- Add butter + garlic
- Cook 30–60 seconds (don’t burn garlic)
- Add lemon juice, salt, pepper, chili flakes
- Stir in parsley
5. Combine
- Return scallops and lobster to the pan
- Spoon sauce over everything
- Let simmer 1–2 minutes so flavors blend
🍽️ Serve with
- Mashed potatoes or mashed cauliflower 🥔
- Pasta or risotto 🍝
- Crusty bread for dipping 🥖
- Steamed asparagus or broccoli 🥦
🔥 Pro Tips
- Dry scallops = perfect sear (no moisture)
- Don’t overcrowd the pan or they’ll steam
- Butter should be aromatic, not browned
- Add a splash of white wine for extra restaurant flavor 🍷
If you want, I can also make:
- 🧀 Creamy garlic lobster pasta
- 🌶️ Spicy Cajun version
- 🍋 Lemon herb grilled version
- 🥘 One-pan seafood boil style recipe
