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Broiled Oysters

Broiled oysters are oysters cooked over live coals with melted butter, optional egg, and breadcrumb coating.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Broiled Oysters

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Dry the oysters in a cloth.

  2. Dip each oyster in melted butter seasoned with pepper.

  3. If using, dip in beaten eggs, then coat with bread or cracker crumbs seasoned with pepper.

Broil and serve

  1. Broil on a wire broiler over live coals for 3 to 5 minutes.

  2. Drizzle a little melted butter over each oyster before serving hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Oyster + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  3. Oyster + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,545 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Oyster + eggtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,103 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Oysters
Are the main ingredient, cooked briefly so they stay tender and juicy.
Melted butter
Adds richness and moisture, helping the coating stick and the oysters brown.
Bread or cracker crumbs
Form a crisp, golden coating that browns under the heat.
Eggs
Help the crumbs adhere to the oysters as a binding layer.

The step that matters

Broil for 3 to 5 minutes. Oysters cook quickly, and overcooking makes them tough and shrinks them. Watching the time keeps them plump while the crumb coating browns.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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