OYSTER STEW/CHOWDER SUPREMEINGREDIENTS:
16 ounces fresh shucked oysters, reserve liquid
2 slices hickory smoked bacon, diced
2 green onions, chopped
1/2 cup Vidalia onion, diced
1/2 stick
butter
8 oz. clam juice
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup dry Sherry
1 pint heavy cream
1 pint half and half
Whole milk as needed
1/2 teaspoon
Morton table salt (to taste)
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper corns
(Tellicherry)
1/2 teaspoon Wild Bill's Meat Rub
1/4 teaspoon
Louisiana Hot
Sauce (optional)
Chopped parsley or green onion tops for garnish
Cook diced bacon in a medium saucepot over medium heat until brown and fat
is rendered. Add butter and sauté green and Vidalia onions until
tender and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add flour to mixture stirring
constantly and make a light colored roux. Add clam juice, sherry, salt,
black pepper, Louisiana Hot Sauce and Wild Bill's Meat Rub whisking to blend until smooth.
Whisk in Heavy Cream, Half and Half and increase temperature to
medium-high until mixture just starts to bubble and reduce heat to medium
and simmer until mixture thickens, stirring constantly to keep from sticking
or burning. Add whole milk to thin mixture if
needed. Add oysters with their liquid and continue to simmer until
oyster edges begin to curl. Adjust seasonings as needed. Serve
with your favorite crackers and garnish with chopped parsley or green onion
tops. There
are those that can't live without
hot sauce
so kick it up heat wise with your favorite hot sauce!
YIELD: 4 servings
Above oyster stew cooked on 04-02-13.
This is a fairly generic oyster stew recipe and many add diced celery and
chopped garlic but I personally don't like celery in my oyster stew.
If not careful, celery can be very over powering and is a taste "robber" for
sure. I don't think you will find a more flavorful richer tasting
oyster stew than this one. I know, it has a
zillion calories but the
flavor is in this one for sure! Growing up our Mom made an excellent
oyster stew on a regular basis but it was much thinner without the roux to
thicken as compared to this recipe.
Click on the sequence pixs below for a larger view:
Give this recipe a try and I personally believe you will be more than
pleased! My bride and myself agreed this was the best tasting oyster
stew we have ever had. Can't wait to use some fresh shucked oysters
from the Carolina coast!
Web posted by Bill aka Mickey Porter 08-01-12 with pictures added on
08-19-12 and 04-02-13.
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Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
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Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
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