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Ingredients
- 1 pound dried spaghetti
- kosher salt (as needed)
- 4 whole, raw lobster tails
- 3 tablespoon canola oil (or other high smoke point oil)
- ½ cup dry white wine
- 4 clove garlic (peeled and thinly sliced)
- 1 habanero chile (seeded and minced, or to taste)
- 2 cup tomato sauce
- ½ cup chopped fresh mint leaves
- freshly cracked black pepper (as needed)
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