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Instant Pot Lobster Rolls

Instant Pot Lobster Rolls is a super easy Instant Pot seafood recipe. A toasted bun topped with juicy lobster that is perfectly seasoned.
Course Seafood
Cuisine American
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 349kcal
Author Kelsey

Ingredients

  • 4 lobster tails
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 4 New England hot dog buns
  • 2-3 tablespoons melted butter
  • Lemon optional
  • Salt and Pepper to Taste
  • Fresh chives chopped (optional)

Instructions

  • Start by placing your water and salt in the bottom of the Instant Pot.
  • Now you can slice the end of your tails and carefully lift up the lobster meat if you would like. Then run under the sink to clean, sometimes lobsters can have some dirt or sand on them.
  • Place lobster tails in the steamer basket, and seal your lid on the pressure cooker. Make sure the valve is sealed. Cook on steam setting or do low pressure for 2 minutes.
  • Once the 2 minutes are up, do a quick release. Don't allow your lobster to sit in the pressure cooker or it can overcook.
  • Once you remove lobster, you can work at getting the meat out of the lobster tails. Chop the seafood and set aside.
  • In a pan on the stove, you will butter your buns with some of the melted butter, and toast the buns.
  • Remove the buns from the pan and then toss in all the butter, cut lobster meat, and salt and pepper to taste. Toss around getting the meat hot, and you can even sear if you would like.
  • Spoon into toasted buns and top with fresh chives and a drizzle of lemon juice.
  • Serve up these Instant Pot Lobster Rolls with any of your favorite side dishes.

Notes

If you have frozen lobster, I suggest thawing your lobster tails first. They will over-cook very easily, so if you cook from frozen know it could over-cook your lobster.

If you have an Air Fryer or Duo Crisp Lid

You can butter and air crisp your rolls in your air fryer at 375 degrees if you would like to do that instead of on the stove! Then you can warm your lobster up in the air fryer as well if you would like.
If you have the Instant Pot Duo Crisp lid, just swap it out from the pressure cooker lid.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 349kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 99mg | Sodium: 1388mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g