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Fried Oysters

Oysters coated in breadcrumbs and fried until golden.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Oyster and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,545 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Fried Oysters

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Clean and drain the oysters.

  2. Roll the oysters in bread crumbs seasoned with salt and pepper.

  3. Let them stand for 15 minutes.

Coat and fry

  1. Dip the oysters in beaten egg, then roll in crumbs again.

  2. Let them stand for another 15 minutes in a cool place.

  3. Fry the oysters in deep hot fat for 1 minute or until golden brown.

Serve

  1. Drain on paper and serve on a hot platter garnished with parsley, sliced pickle, or lemon.

  2. Serve with French fried potatoes.

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

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

  2. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Bread + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,964 recipes

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

  5. Oyster + peppertop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together7,663 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
Form the main body of the dish, cooking quickly to a tender interior inside the crisp coating.
Bread crumbs
Form the crisp, golden coating that browns when fried in hot fat.
Egg
Binds the crumbs to the oysters so the coating stays on during frying.

The step that matters

Frying in deep hot fat. The oysters need only about a minute in very hot fat. The crumbs brown quickly, while longer frying can overcook the oysters and make them tough and dry.

“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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