New England Lobster Rolls Recipe

Name: New England Lobster Rolls Recipe
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: New England
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, mayonnaise; 2 tablespoons, minced celery; 1 1/2 teaspoons, lemon juice; 1 teaspoon, minced fresh chives; , Salt; Pinch, cayenne pepper; 1 pound, lobster meat, tail meat cut into 1/2-inch pieces and claw meat cut into 1-inch pieces; 6 New England-style, hot dog buns; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 6 leaves, Boston lettuce

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2013, America's Test Kitchen TV

The lobster roll sandwich is easy. The challenges are dealing with a live lobster and knowing when it’s properly cooked.

SERVES6

TIME25 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For our lobster roll, we mostly adhered to tradition—top-loading supermarket hotdog bun (our favorite lobster roll bread), mayonnaise, and lots of lobster—but we added a hint of crunch in the form of small amounts of lettuce and celery (a c...

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