Recipe By : Art Guyer Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 pint oysters, standard or select
1 cup flour
2 each egg -- beaten
1 cup cracker meal -- seasoned
to taste Old Bay Seasonings
to taste black pepper
to taste cayenne pepper
oil to fry in
Preparation is everything for this seafood favorite.
The amounts of the ingredients vary depending on how
many and the size of the oysters you are preparing.
Check the oysters for bits of shells and separate from
their liquid. Mix the beaten >eggs and the oyster
liquid in even parts and place in a small bowl.
Put the flour on a dinner plate or pie tin. Season the
cracker meal to taste and put it in a separate plate or
pie tin.
Spread paper towels out on your counter or table top and put
oysters on a portion of them. Pick up oysters one at a
time and dredge in flour, dip into the egg mixture, and
then roll in the cracker meal. Put the prepared oysters
on dry paper towels and continue untilall oysters have
been through this process. Let stand for about 5
minutes. Omitting the flour, repeat the egg and cracker
crumb process, putting the oysters back on paper
towels. After five minutes, turn the oysters on to dry
paper towels again. One more time go through just the
cracker crumb process and return to paper towels. The
object is to end up with breaded oysters that are fairly
dry on the outside. Some times I repeat this last step
if I think necessary.
Heat about 1/8 to 1/4 inch of oil in a large frying pan.
When a drop of water sizzles in the pan, carefully lay
the oysters into the oil one at a time. As the oysters
turn brown around the edges, turn and finish cooking.
This only takes a matter of a couple minutes. Remove
oysters when they are browned to your likening and place
on paper towels to drain some of the oil; put on a dish
in the oven on warm. Continue until all oysters are done.
Serve hot!
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NOTES: If you use fresh oysters for this, reserve the liquid
as you shuck them.
Preparing the oysters is not a quick job, but the frying is.
Before beginning to fry, make certain everything else is
ready to put on the table.
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