Steak, chicken and lobster on teppan / griddle

[Tricky]

I asked a few days ago whether anyone had done lobster on a Blackstone-style griddle. http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=229566&highlight=lobster

I tried it last night, and went full teppanyaki style:

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Everything turned out great, and my wife loved her Mothers Day dinner. We had her parents and sisters and spouses over as well. My kids loved it, and since their favorite place for teppanyaki is called Shogun, we now have a family tradition known as "Daddy Shogun"!

For the lobster tails, since they were pretty big I split them down the center and threw on the hot griddle, shell side down. I squirted them with water and threw the dome over them and let them steam in the shell. I had to move them over to the cooler side of the griddle while I finished the chicken and steak (which more people wanted) so I was worried the lobster was going to get tough. But it was fantastic, and that pink sauce added a nice flavor.

Sorry no pics of the finished / plated food. Family members took the pics while I was cooking but once they started eating the rice, the phones went back into their pockets. It was a hit!

Definitely doing this again! (And the headband was a gag gift from my brother in law)

[Big-Joe]

Looks fantastic

[Norm]

Nice job Dad!

[mattmountz94]

Awesome! Love the head band

[Titch]

great job Daddy Shogun

[ssv3]

Awesome!!

[Stingerhook]

Way to go daddio.

[Tricky]

I may have to add my Camp Chef stove and griddle to my list of cookers in my signature line.

It was a lot of fun (my in-laws are probably the best people in the world to cook for - they ooh and aah and make me feel like a million bucks whatever I cook).

A couple of observations:

* I used a LOT more butter than I expected making the fried rice
* I cooked the rice the day before and refrigerated it overnight. Worked great
* When you cook things in the same order that they do at the teppanyaki / hibachi places, the stir fry veggies are an afterthought and everyone is nearly full from the fried rice and meat

* For Fathers Day, I'm gonna just do ribs. Throw em on and let em go . . .

[BillN]

Looks like you nailed it, plus how could it go wrong with the all the great ingredients and a fine helper.

[bluetang]

Fine eats fo sho!

[sloandsteady]

Looks delicious! Also, I see a tarp on the ground where your griddle is. Does this type of cooking cause a lot of splatter?

[Tricky]

Not too much splatter. but the griddle has an oil drainage hole. Even though I put a tin can in the holder to catch any oil, I was leery of spilling some of that oil so I threw down a tarp. Didn't end up needing it.

[Viking]

Those are great memories for the family, special times for sure. Go to a restaurant and spend $$, years later no one will remember. Spend time at home and make it special, priceless! Great job Dad!

[roncoinc]

I was looking for the lobster,,one of my favoritest foods
then i see your from cali...
with that in perspective i must say awesome job !!!

nice pix and layout,,,makes my presentation skills look sad :(


but,,,,i must show what a REAL lobster looks like.

sometime i will show how to cook them ..



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