Grilled Clams with Spicy Garlic Butter

Looking for a great appetizer for your next cookout?  Try this recipe for clams cooked on the grill and topped with a spicy garlic butter sauce!

 
Ingredients (serves 4):

4 dozen clams
1 stick butter
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Directions:

1.    Melt butter over medium heat. Add garlic, stir, and cook 2-3 minutes.  Add chili powder, red pepper flakes, lemon juice and olive oil.
2.    Let simmer 2-3 minutes, then reduce heat to warm.
3.    Place clams on grill.  Cover and cook for about 3 minutes.
4.    Remove lid from grill.  Your clams should be about ready to open.  Remove them from the grill one by one as they open. Discard any that do not open.
5.    Pour butter sauce over clams, serve and enjoy!

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Grilled Lobster Tail – Oh, You Fancy Huh?

Few things on this earth taste better than fresh, grilled lobster.  So if you’re in the mood for a special evening to impress your special lady (or special man, we don't discriminate here at "Yeah, You Can Grill That"), give this recipe a shot.

Ingredients:

2 lobster tails
Butter
Garlic clove

Directions:

1.    Wait for your local grocery store to overstock on lobster tails and sell them at half-price.  Alternatively, you can secure a high-paying job.  Your choice (I went with the former).
2.    Using kitchen shears, butterfly the lobster tails, cutting through the shell up to about half an inch above the tail.
3.    Mince the garlic, melt butter, and stir together.  If you don’t have fresh garlic, just stir some garlic powder into the melted butter.
4.    Baste the lobster tails with the melted butter and garlic.
5.    Place on grill, meat-side down, over medium-high heat and cook for about 4-5 minutes.
6.    Turn over, baste again (be careful to avoid flare-ups), and cook another 2-3 minutes.  The lobster is done when it is opaque.  Enjoy!

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