Stove-Top Clambake - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
This Stove-Top Clambake is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- Garlic-Chive Butter
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 pound lightly salted butter, room temperature
- Handful of fresh chives, finely chopped
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Pinch sea salt
- Lime Butter
- 1/2 pound lightly salted butter, room temperature
- 2 limes, the finely grated zest of 1 lime, and the juice of 2
- Pinch sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Smoked Paprika Butter
- 1/2 pound lightly salted butter, room temperature
- 2 to 3 teaspoons smoked paprika
- Dash of hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco)
- Pinch sea salt
- 1/4 cup sea salt
- 2 pounds seaweed
- 2 (1 1/2 pound) live lobsters
- 4 ears of corn
- 2 fresh pork sausage links
- 6 small new fingerling potatoes
- 1 pound clams
- 3 lemons
- Hot sauce, for serving
- Lobster crackers, for serving
- Compound butters, for serving, see recipes
Instructions
- Into a large pot or large kettle, pour about 3 to 4 inches of water. Add the salt, and a few handfuls of seaweed to come quarter way up the pot.* Nestle the lobsters on top of the seaweed. Layer the corn, sausages and potatoes and then the clams on top, and cover with a lid or tin foil. Bring the pot to a boil over high heat, and then turn down to medium, and steam the 'clambake' for about 20 to 30 minutes, or until the clam shells have opened wide and the lobster has turned bright red. Scoop out all the pieces onto a serving platter, cut the lobster tail from midway through to the end and open up for ease of eating with your hands!Serve with bottled hot sauce, lobster crackers and a pot of warm compound butter for dipping and slurping.
- To make the garlic-chive butter: Mince the garlic and add to the soft butter in a bowl. Mince the fresh chives, and add. Squeeze the lemon juice over top. Add a pinch of salt. Stir to incorporate. Place half of the compound butter on a piece of wax paper, shape into a log and roll up, twisting the ends to secure shut. Place the other half on another wax paper sheet, roll up, and refrigerate. To make the lime butter: Combine the butter, lime zest and lime juice in a small bowl, Stir to combine. Place the butter on a piece of wax paper, shape into a log and roll up, twisting the ends to secure shut, and refrigerate. To make the smoked paprika butter: Combine the butter, paprika, hot sauce and salt in a small bowl. Stir to combine. Place the butter on a piece of wax paper, shape into a log and roll up, twisting the ends to secure shut, and refrigerate. Just before serving, cut a hunk off the butter log and place in a small saucepan to melt for the lobster and clam dipping pot. Place the remainder back in the refrigerator for later use.
- Cooks Note*The seaweed will act as the steaming bed. If you can't find seaweed, you can make a steaming bed with rocks.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Lemon.
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Yes, this Stove-Top Clambake recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.
Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Lunch. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.
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