Moreton Bay Bugs

Total Time: 31 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 11 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 green moreton bay bugs (raw)
• 2 birds eye chiles
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1/2 cup butter
• salt
• pepper
• lime juice
• lime zest
• 1/4 cup parsley

Recipe

• 1 cut bugs in half lenthwise and clean out the 'yuck'.
• 2 rinse well under running water, ensuring meat stays in shell.
• 3 drain well and place on platter meat side up.
• 4 season to taste with freshly cracked salt and pepper.
• 5 melt butter being careful not to burn.
• 6 put the zest of one lime into the melted butter, squeeze half the lime over the bugs, half into the butter.
• 7 add garlic and finely diced chillis to the melted butter, heat gently to combine flavours.
• 8 spoon butter mixture evenly over bugs reserving 1/4 of the mixture to spoon over just before serving.
• 9 broil under griller for 15 minutes or until bugs are opaque. cooking time will vary with your oven.
• 10 spoon reserved butter mixture over hot bugs to serve, and sprinkle with finely chopped fresh parsley.
• 11 serve with toasted turkish bread and extra melted butter for dipping.
• 12 wouldn't hurt to have the chardonnay on ice, either.