The Best Frozen Lobster Meat for a Lobster Roll at Home

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If you have a hankering for a lobster roll and you don’t live in Maine, satisfying the craving can be a pricey proposition. I know Los Angeles is more expensive than most places in the U.S., but, anecdotally, you’re looking at spending at least 30 bucks with tax and tip. That’s where the best frozen lobster meat comes in.

First thing’s first. If you’re not familiar, a lobster roll is a sandwich that consists of lobster meat (usually claw, knuckle, and tail meat) in a grilled hot dog bun. This New England delicacy comes in two formats: A Maine-style lobster roll is made with a mayonnaise-based chilled lobster salad, while a Connecticut lobster roll is served warm and filled with lobster meat that’s been drenched in drawn butter. Both versions are valid and both versions are delicious—but no matter how you like your lobster rolls, good lobster meat is key. That’s why we set out to find frozen cooked lobster meat that’s worthy of your buttered buns if you’re making a lobster roll at home.

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Best of the Best

Seamazz Ready-to-Eat North Atlantic Lobster Meat

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In a perfect world, frozen lobster meat tastes like fresh lobster meat. The texture? Well, you’re going to need to be flexible there—frozen shellfish almost always has some textural issues—but frozen cooked lobster meat should have that shellfish sweetness that makes a lobster roll sing. That sweetness is Seamazz ready-to-eat lobster meat’s strong suit. 

I defrosted this in a bowl of water and ate it right out of the package. There are visible bits of claw and chunks of knuckle meat that pull apart in that stringy sort of way that lobster meat and crab leg meat do. The flavor is excellent—very sweet and a little bit briny, but not at all fishy. Even people who are seafood averse can appreciate this, especially once it’s been tossed with melted butter and lemon juice and stuffed inside a bun (I’m partial to the Connecticut style lobster roll, myself). In addition to tasting good, this frozen cooked lobster meat is a serious time-saver. No boiling or cracking or discarding piles of shells. Just defrost and eat. It’s kind of amazing, really. 

At $28 for an 8 ounce package, this stuff is pretty pricey, but you can definitely make two lobster rolls from one pack. And if you aren’t in a place where you can sidle up to a picnic table and have lobster rolls right from a quaint little shack on a pier, that’s a big win. 

Rating:

8.5/10

Sporks

Other products we tried: Open Nature Wild Caught Lobster Meat, Scout Atlantic Canadian Lobster