Smoked Oysters
These smoked oysters are an incredible appetizer that will make any main meal remarkable. You seriously need to try these!
Equipment
- 1 Smoker
Ingredients
- 15 raw oysters
- 1 whole serrano pepper
- 1 half red onion
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh dill
- 1 tbsp capers
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 portion salt to taste
- 1 portion black pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 cloves chopped garlic
Recipe Instructions
For Smoking The Oysters:
- Start out by heating coals for your smoker.
- Dump the coal into your smoker, and add a mellow wood. In this case we used chunks of cherry wood.
- Shuck your raw oysters, and reserving the oysters to the side in ice water.
- Once your coals have heated your smoker to about 125 - 200 degree Fahrenheit, place your shucked oysters on a grate that will allow them to be placed into the smoker, without falling through.
- Smoke your oysters for around 35 minutes, while making sure to maintain a cool temperature. You want to cold smoke these.
Recipe For The Sauce To Place Your Oysters In Once They Are Smoked:
- Cut the serrano pepper, and combine with the chopped fresh dill, capers, olive oil, salt to taste, black pepper to taste, chopped garlic, and lemon juice.
- You will place the oysters in this mixture once they're finished.
Finishing The Dish:
- You'll want to pickle red onions a day ahead(use your favorite recipe here), or just do a simple mixture of salt, sugar, and distilled white vinegar. Bring that to a boil and pour it over your sliced red onions into a sealable glass container. Let this cool and then place in the fridge.
- Toast some saltines in the broiler setting on your oven with old bay on them.
- Take an oyster out of the sauce, place on top of the saltine, finish with a pickled red onion and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 127kcalCarbohydrates: 0.5gProtein: 0.3gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 59mgPotassium: 12mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 0.1gVitamin A: 7IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 3mgIron: 0.3mg
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