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Chef John's Scalloped Oysters

Total Time
1h 1m
17m prep · 44m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

Some recipes you only make once a year because they're just so-so. Other recipes, like this dish of scalloped oysters, you only make once a year because they're too good.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups crushed saltine crackers
  • 0.75 cups unsalted butter , melted
  • 4 cups shucked small oysters with liquor
  • 0.13 teaspoons cayenne pepper
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 cup heavy cream

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  2. 2

    Combine saltine crackers and butter in a bowl; stir until all crumbs are saturated with butter.

  3. 3

    Spread 1/3 of the saltines mixture on the bottom of a 9x13-inch casserole dish. Pour half of the oysters with their liquor over the saltines mixture. Season with cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Repeat with next 1/3 of saltines and remaining oysters. Season with cayenne pepper, salt, black pepper, and Italian parsley.

  4. 4

    Sprinkle remaining saltines mixture over the oysters. Drizzle cream slowly and evenly over the top.

  5. 5

    Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling and browned, 40 to 45 minutes. Let rest 10 minutes before serving.

Nutrition Facts

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