GLUTEN FREE SPICY LOBSTER BITES {RUTH'S CHRIS COPYCAT}
PREP AND OR RISING TIME 1 hour
COOK TIME 35 mins
TOTAL TIME 1 hour 35 mins
Author: Felesha Bell
Recipe type: Easy
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4
INGREDIENTS
Chili Sauce
Pickled Red Onion & Cucumber Salad
INSTRUCTIONS
source:https://gatherforbread.com
PREP AND OR RISING TIME 1 hour
COOK TIME 35 mins
TOTAL TIME 1 hour 35 mins
Author: Felesha Bell
Recipe type: Easy
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4
INGREDIENTS
- 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
- ½ tsp. kosher salt
- vegetable oil, for pan frying
Chili Sauce
- ½ lb. chili peppers (I used the mini sweet and 1 jalapeno)
- ¼ medium onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 T. veggie oil
- 3 T. rice vinegar
- 2 T. brown sugar
- 2 T. fish sauce
- ¼ c. mayo
- ¼ tsp. hot sauce
- ½ cayenne pepper
- 1 T. Sriracha
- 2 T. water
Pickled Red Onion & Cucumber Salad
- ½ c. apple cider vinegar
- 1 T. sugar
- 1½ tsp. kosher salt
- 1 red onion, sliced thin
- ½ 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.
- 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 - Combine corn starch, 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. Say Grace and enjoy immediately
source:https://gatherforbread.com