Author Notes
For a bachelor dinner, it's either this or whole-wheat pasta with broccoli rabe and anchovies. Anyway, what's not to like about oysters and beer. What else can I say? —pas
Ingredients
- Beer batter
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1/2 cup
semolina flour
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some splashes
beer
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1 pinch
salted chervil
- Fried oysters
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24
big-bellied oysters
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1 quart
safflower oil
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1
beer batter
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some
mayonaise
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reserved shots
of oyster juice
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Sriracha
Directions
- Beer batter
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Whisk just enough beer to make the flour into a smooth paste.
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Use immediately.
- Fried oysters
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Shuck the oysters and heat the oil until it's almost smoking.
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Batter each oyster and fry.
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Flip oysters once and cook until golden brown.
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Serve with a mayonnaise, oyster juice, Sriracha sauce. Or if you're feeling fancy, nuoc cham or gribiche sauce.
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More beer is always good at this point.
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