To exclude appetizers from the grill is a damn shame.
Allow the following recipe for smoked oysters to offer you an entry point. “Medium to large oysters won’t overcook easily, require no additional tools, and they have their own cooking vessel: the shell,” says Brian Howard, chef of Comme Ça in Hollywood and Las Vegas. Just pop the bivalves on a grill and watch their shells part, revealing their tender meat inside. Dress that meat with a sweet-and-sour-and-spicy sauce and you’ll blow away anything served on that side table.
“The leftover sauce will accompany any grilled food and stores well for up to a week in the refrigerator,” Howard says. “Leftover oysters can be sliced and folded into soft-scrambled eggs in the morning.”
But, seriously, unless you somehow pilfer a few for yourself, there won’t be any smoked oysters leftover.
Smoked Crying Tiger Oysters
Recipe by Brian Howard, chef of Comme Ça in Hollywood and Las Vegas
What you’ll need:
½ English cucumber, ends trimmed, halved lengthways, thinly sliced
1 cup cilantro leaves
4 shallots, thinly sliced
2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
1 Tbsp cracked coriander seeds
1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
2 tsp brown sugar
2 tsp fish sauce
1 Thai chili pepper, deseeded, finely chopped
10 medium- to large-sized oysters, such as Gold Creek, scrubbed well
2 lb. hickory wood chunks or chips, soaked in water overnight
How to make it:
1. Make the crying tiger sauce. In a medium bowl, combine the cucumber, cilantro, shallots, vinegar, coriander seeds, lime juice, sugar, fish sauce, and chili pepper. Mix well until the sugar dissolves. Reserve. (This sauce can be made a day in advance.)
2. Preheat your grill to direct, high heat. Place the wood on the coals or in a smoker box and close the grill lid to generate smoke. Put oysters over direct heat on the grill, close the lid, and smoke until their top shell opens, about 4 minutes.
3. Transfer the oysters to a plate, discarding any that do not open when pryed gently with the tip of a butter knife. Spoon the sauce over the oysters and serve. Makes 5 servings, as an appetizer.
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Source : Men’s Health
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