Oysters tsai
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tablespoon | Chopped garlic |
| 2 | Serrano chiles or 1 jalapeno | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Fish sauce |
| 1 | tablespoon | Lime juice |
| 1 | cup | Spinach leaves; washed and spun dry |
| ½ | cup | Basil or thai basil |
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter |
| 1 | Dozen freshly shucked oysters | |
| Salt | ||
| Pepper | ||
| Bread crumbs; or panko bread crumbs | ||
Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
In a hot saute pan, saute the garlic and chile until caramelized. Deglaze with the fish sauce and lime juice. Add spinach and basil and cook until soft. Taste for seasoning. Remove from pan and squeeze out excess water.
While still hot, puree mixture in food processor with the butter.
Place oysters on a foil lined baking sheet. Top each oyster with spinach puree and sprinkle with bread crumbs. Cook for 5 minutes or until top is brown. Serve warm.
Yield: 4 servings
Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8940 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #782 by "Angele and Jon Freeman" <jfreeman@...> on Sep 15, 1997