Chinese Style House Special Lobster

Name: Chinese Style House Special Lobster
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: 6-8 lobster tails, or 1-3 lb live lobster; 1 cup corn starch; 1-2 eggs, beaten; 5-6 cloves garlic, chopped; 1-2 jalapeños sliced; 2 sprigs green onion sliced; 4 tbsp salted butter; 2 oz House Special Sauce; 1/2 tbsp sugar; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 2 tbsp water; 1/2 tsp sesame oil; 1 tsp corn starch; 1 tsp white pepper powder

11 steps

Prep:30minCook:25min

Today we are making house special lobster. I love this dish so much. Every year for my birthday we get house special lobster at my favorite restaurant, I don’t know why I never decides to do it at home. After numerous recipe testing I finally am happy with the flavor! This version uses lobster tails filleted out, but you can just chop them up as well into 1 inch cubes and toss it in the sauce!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:46:05 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories383.1 kcal (19%)

Total Fat17.1 g (24%)

Carbs35 g (13%)

Sugars2.6 g (3%)

Protein19.2 g (38%)

Sodium818.9 mg (41%)

Fiber0.9 g (3%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

5 clovesgarlic

2 sprigsgreen onion

sliced

4 Tbspsalted butter

2 ozSauce

House Special Sauce

½ Tbspsugar

1 Tbspsoy sauce

2 Tbspoyster sauce

2 Tbspwater

½ tspsesame oil

1 tspcorn starch

1 tspwhite pepper powder

Instructions

Step 1

In a wok or pot add oil and let it come to high heat to deep fry lobsters (approx. 350-375 degrees F)

Step 2

While oil is heating up, chop your lobster, into manageable sized ( if using live lobster: tail from head, claws from head, break claws from joint, and cut tail in half and chop into quarters, pat dry and place in a bowl) (if female lobsters and have eggs , remove egg sacks and place in sauce mix))

Step 3

Beat two eggs and combine with chopped lobster to ensure even coating.

Step 4

Toss lobster in corn starch until fully coated

Step 5

Begin chopping garlic, slicing jalapeños and green onions, set aside

Step 6

For the sauce mix combine palm sugar, soy sauce, oyster sauce, water, sesame oil, corn starch, and white pepper powder until consistency is smooth and no clumps remain

Step 7

Once oil is hot, fry coated lobster for a max of 1 minute, once done shake off excess oil and place on paper towels to absorb excess oil

Step 8

In a wok on medium high heat, add butter, once melted and sizzling, toss in garlic, green onions, and jalapeños and sauté for 30 seconds

Step 9

Toss in sauce mix and toss for an additional 15 seconds.

Step 10

Add fried lobster and toss, ensuring all pieces coated nicely in sauce mix

Step 11

Garnish with fresh green onions