With a citrusy, garlicky brown butter

Name: With a citrusy, garlicky brown butter (Grilled/Broiled Lobster and Prawns)
Cuisine: Saudi Arabian
Ingredients: 4 large lobster tails in their shells; 8 jumbo prawns (shrimps); 8 jumbo prawns (shrimps); 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) olive oil; Juice and zest of 1 lime; A small handful of fresh coriander (cilantro), chopped; A small handful of fresh coriander (cilantro), chopped; ½ tsp chilli powder; A pinch of paprika; 1 tsp onion granules; Sea salt and black pepper; Sea salt and black pepper; 1 tsp palm sugar; 250 g (9 oz/1 cup) unsalted butter, well softened; 1 small onion, very finely chopped; 4 cloves of garlic, minced; Zest and juice of ½ lemon; Zest and juice of 1 small orange; Handful of flat leaf parsley, chopped; 5 cm (2-inch) piece of ginger, peeled and grated; 1 tsp fish sauce or soy sauce; 1 tsp fish sauce or soy sauce; Handful of chives and parsley, chopped; Handful of chives and parsley, chopped; Lemon wedges; Zest of lime and orange (optional); Zest of lime and orange (optional)

Grilled/Broiled Lobster and Prawns

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Red Sea Cookbook

By Madeeha Qureshi

Published 2026

About

This is a trendy, zingy and zesty seafood boil. Proper party stuff. Serve it on its own or along with heritage tomato salad and giant autumnal couscous. This recipe is my ode to the endless bounty of the Red Sea and my undivided loved for Saudi seafood. The lobsters, prawns and crabs found there are just unparalleled both in size and taste. I have tried my best to re-create the taste of these delicacies sold at little shacks along the Red Sea shores. I kno

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Asia
Saudi Arabia
Fish course
Pescatarian

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