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Dec 28, 2020, Updated Mar 23, 2024
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Easy Lobster Pasta Recipe – delicious easy pasta bursting with rich buttery garlic and lobster flavor in under 15 minutes!
We hope you love this easy lobster pasta as much as we do!
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- Easy Garlic Butter Lobster Bowtie Pasta
- How to Make Lobster Pasta
- Tips and Tricks to Make Perfect Lobster Pasta
- Recipe FAQ’S
- Other Lobster Dishes You’ll Love
- Easy Lobster Pasta Recipe
Easy Garlic Butter Lobster Bowtie Pasta
If you love lobster – but don’t want a lot of work preparing a lobster dinner – this pasta is for you!
This delicious fresh pasta is light, filling, and full of flavor.
It takes less than 15 minutes, and can be made low carb or keto by swapping zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash, or shiritaki instead of pasta.
It is perfect to serve for New Years with some Easy Champagne Fizz co*cktails, with 10 Minute Broccolini, or with a simple and decadent Cherry Danish Cheesecake Bar dessert.
How to Make Lobster Pasta
This pasta sauce is based off our popular Garlic Butter Lobster Skillet recipe – it is easy, and so luxurious over pasta!
To make this lobster sauce, you’ll need:
- 1 lb lobster meat, cooked
- 3 teaspoons celtic sea salt
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 large shallot, minced
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh
- 2 cup dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon, chopped
Once you gather your ingredients, you will use this process:
- Boil pasta. Boil water in large stock pot and prepare pasta to package directions, until al dente – leaving it slightly chewy.
- Make sauce. In a large skillet, while lobster cooks, melt butter. Add shallot and garlic, cook until soft and fragrant, about 1 minute, stirring frequently. Add in lobster and toss in butter. Stir in salt, lemon juice, lemon zest, and wine. Remove 1/2 cup pasta water before draining, and mix into sauce. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to simmer.Let sauce thicken while draining pasta.
- Combine. When sauce has thickened slightly, stir in pasta and tarragon, and toss. Heat additional 1-2 minutes.
- Serve. Serve and enjoy!
Tips and Tricks to Make Perfect Lobster Pasta
Make it keto lobster pasta. To make this pasta keto diet approved, swap the farfalle for zucchini noodles, shiritaki, or spaghetti squash. Instead of boiling pasta, add vegetable noodles or shiritaki, and toss into sauce after step 5 below. For more delicious keto recipes, visit our keto recipe archives here.
What lobster to use for lobster pasta. This lobster pasta is so easy because you can truly use any kind of lobster meat – I often use frozen pre-cooked picked lobster meat – which is the most economic choice for lobster meat. While pre-cooked and frozen lobster meat isn’t the most luxurious choice (fresh is always best, obviously) – I live in Colorado in a rural area where finding fresh lobster that isn’t ridiculously expensive is pretty rare – so I have adapted this recipe to truly be knockout delicious no matter your budget or access to fresh fish. We’re adding tons of garlic and butter flavor, which help bring out the sweet and rich flavor of your lobster.
Recipe FAQ’S
Can I use frozen lobster meat?
This recipe works with frozen, pre-cooked lobster meat. Thaw before using – lobster meat thaws quickly in the refrigerator or in a cool water bath.
Can I add cream to the sauce?
If you’d like a creamy lobster sauce, stir in 1/2 cup heavy cream after adding wine. Turn off heat when adding cream, whisking to incorporate. Return heat and let thicken, continue with recipe.
Other Lobster Dishes You’ll Love
If you love lobster as much as we do, be sure to check out our very favorite easy lobster recipes!
We have deliciously easy recipes that make lobster super simple, and full of rich, sweet, buttery lobster flavor!
- Broiled Lobster Tails – keto compatible
- Garlic Butter Broiled Lobster Tails – keto compatible
- Lobster Mac and Cheese
- Garlic Butter Naked Lobster Rolls
- Butter Poached Lobster Tails – keto compatible
- The Best Easy Instant Pot Lobster Tails Recipe – keto compatible
- The Best Easy Lobster Bisque – keto compatible
- The Best Easy Lobster Risotto Recipe
You can find my complete guide to lobster recipes here.
We also have more delicious easy seafood recipes – be sure to see our favorites in our complete seafood recipe archives.
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Easy Lobster Pasta Recipe
Easy Lobster Pasta Recipe – delicious easy pasta bursting with rich buttery garlic and lobster flavor in under 15 minutes!
Course Pasta
Cuisine American
Keyword lobster, lobster pasta, pasta, seafood
Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
Total Time 15 minutes minutes
Servings 4
Calories 431kcal
Author Courtney O’Dell
Ingredients
- 1 lb cooked lobster meat
- 3 teaspoons celtic sea salt
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 large shallot minced
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice fresh
- 2 cup dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon chopped
- 1 lb pasta we use farfalle
Instructions
Boil water in large stock pot and prepare pasta to package directions, until al dente – leaving it slightly chewy.
In a large skillet, while lobster cooks, melt butter.
Add shallot and garlic, cook until soft and fragrant, about 1 minute, stirring frequently.
Add in lobster and toss in butter.
Stir in salt, lemon juice, lemon zest, and wine.
Remove 1/2 cup pasta water before draining, and mix into sauce.
Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to simmer.
Let sauce thicken while draining pasta.
When sauce has thickened slightly, stir in pasta and tarragon, and toss.
Heat additional 1-2 minutes.
Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 431kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 99mg | Sodium: 1328mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g
Categorized as:
Lobster, Main Dishes, Pasta, Recipes, Seafood, Thanksgiving Seafood, Valentine's Day
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Courtney loves to share great wine, good food, and loves to explore far flung places- all while masting an everyday elegant and easy style at lifestyle blog Sweet C’s Designs. Sweet C's devoted to finding the best food and drinks you'll want to make or find, around the world!
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