Lobster Casserole | Lobster Dip

Name: Lobster Casserole | Lobster Dip
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 28 min
Total time: 38 min
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons flour; 1/4 cup sherry; 3/4 cup half & half ((or milk)); 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon; 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley; 8 ounces lobster meat ((cut up into bite sized pieces)); 1/4 cup cheddar cheese ((shredded)); 13 ritz crackers ((crushed, about 1/2 a sleeve of crackers)); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

ByElaine Posted onJune 7, 2022May 18, 2020 Updated onMay 18, 2020

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This dreamy lobster casserole recipe is made with tender lobster meat mixed into a sherry cream sauce with buttery cracker crumbs for the ultimate appetizer. Serve with chips or crostini and watch as it disappears within minutes!

A brown crock filled with a dip with lobster poking out. There are crackers, chips and bread crisps in the background

When I first started making this scrumptious lobster recipe, I always served it as a casserole. But over the years, I’ve adapted it as a dip, which is how I eat it now: either by spooning it in my mouth, or dolloping it on some crackers, crostini or chips and enjoying it as an appetizer.

Since Christopher doesn’t eat lobster, I will either eat this myself (I know, poor me); make and serve it at a dinner party; or bring it to someone’s house as an appetizer offering.

The recipe is easy to make and so delicious. The creamy sherry sauce goes fabulously with lobster and so do the crispy cracker crumbs on top that complete the dish.

If you’re going to make this for a group and you want everyone to be satisfied, I would double or triple this recipe.

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If you can’t get frozen or fresh lobster from a store near you, try ordering from the company Lobster Anywhere. The company will deliver seafood straight to your door and you can enjoy making seafood year round.

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Helpful tips

The sherry sauce will thicken as it sits, making the final result more like a dip, so factor that into your timing.
If you don’t have sherry, you could replace it with white wine.
If you prefer to serve this as a casserole instead of a dip, increase the liquid to 1 1/4 cup and serve immediately.
To lighten up on calories, substitute milk for the half & half. It’s truly delicious either way.
The recipe calls for frozen lobster because frozen is convenient and available year round, but freshly cooked lobster is delightful, too.
I use cheddar cheese, but this recipe is also great with gruyere cheese.

How to make lobster casserole

Pre-step

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, get a medium saucepan or large skillet, and get a small baking dish.

Step one

Gather all purpose flour, butter, dry sherry and half & half (or milk).

Flour, herbs, spices, butter, half and half and sherry on a blue board

Step two

Heat saucepan on medium/low, add 2 tablespoons of butter and melt it. Add the flour, salt, pepper, and herbs to the melted butter and whisk for 1 minute. (A)

Step three

Add sherry and continue whisking for another minute. Add half & half and whisk the mixture until it combines and comes to a slight boil. Add cheddar cheese and continue to whisk until the mixture thickens (around 3 minutes). Take pan off heat. (B)

Lobstah time

Step four

Cut the lobster in chunks. I always leave a few claws in bigger pieces.

Lobster cut up on a red cutting board with a pan in the background

Step five

Add the lobster meat to the sherry/cream sauce and stir. I pour the mixture in a baking dish. (C)

See how thick and creamy it looks!?

Lobster in sauce pre-cooked in a dish and with crackers on top

Step six

Add half a sleeve of Ritz crackers (13 of them) in a mixing bowl and crush them with a pestle, pastry blender or the back of a wooden spoon. Crumble them over the lobster mixture. (D)

Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. It will be bubbly and lightly browned.

The casserole right out of the oven all crispy with cracker crumbs on top

Look at that bubbly, crispy goodness!

Since I eat and serve this as a dip, I transfer the lobster casserole to a soup crock. I also get crackers, crostini and chips.

A brown crock filled with a chunky lobster dip with crackers, bread crisps and chips in the background

Here’s some lobster dip on a crostini.

A hand holding a bread crisp with a lobster dip on it - over the crock

CRUNCH!

I hope you enjoyed this lobster casserole recipe as much as I enjoyed eating it.

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