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1/4 cup
butter, softened
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1 teaspoon
Sriracha
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2 teaspoons
shallots, finely minced
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1 tablespoon
lime juice
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1/4 teaspoon
kosher salt
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2 teaspoons
cilantro, minced
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oysters on the half shell
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Mix the butter with the shallots, sriracha, lime, salt, and cilantro. Let set up in the fridge. It doesn't have to set up completely but it should be more solid than liquid
Ask the hotline about this step!Meanwhile, heat the grill (or broiler) until very hot.
Ask the hotline about this step!Toss each oyster with a dollop of butter.
Ask the hotline about this step!Grill (or broil) for 3-4 minutes.
Ask the hotline about this step!Enjoy! But be careful as the shells will be very hot.
Ask the hotline about this step!It should say "top" not toss. Sorry for the confusion. You open hte oysters, discard the top shell, put a dab of butter on each and then grill.
Made 2 dozen Blue Points this was on Christmas eve. I added Lime zest in the butter to boost the citrus and squeezed fresh lime juice, too. Will certainly make again. My 8 year old ate 7!
Had these with steak, steamed mussels and clams, crusty french bread, salad, and bubbly for Valentine's day. Delish! The bf LOVED them!
Really looking forward to trying this tonight. Making Valentine's dinner - think we'll start with some bubbly and these delightful-sounding morsels, move on to lobster risotto with a lemony green salad and finish with something dark and chocolatey.
I usually prefer my oysters raw with just a squeeze of lemon, but this recipe is so unbelievably fabulous that I just might have a new preference! Thank you for sharing with the Food52 community and congratulations on your win.
I'm so glad you enjoyed them. I agree that they are a nice change from raw oysters! Hope you had a great Valentine's dinner. The lobster risotto and lemony green salad sound right up my alley!
Congratulations on the win. I loved this recipe the moment I saw it. You got my vote, and I'm so glad you won. I'm planning to link to this on my blog for a Valentine's Day menu idea. Bottoms up!
I'm so glad you enjoyed them. I agree that they are a nice change from raw oysters! Hope you had a great Valentine's dinner. The lobster risotto and lemony green salad sound right up my alley!
Thank you for your kind words and vote. Happy Valentine's Day.
I'm so glad you enjoyed them. I agree that they are a nice change from raw oysters! Hope you had a great Valentine's dinner. The lobster risotto and lemony green salad sound right up my alley!
So delicious! I made your recipe last night using half Blue Point, half Kumomoto, oysters. I am definitely committed to learning how to shuck more efficiently so that I can enjoy these again - next time in larger quantities (last night 1 hour = 8 shucked oysters)
So glad you enjoyed it! Shucking is a task. If you aren't up for it, most fish stores will shuck them for you. If I pick them up late enough in the day, I have them shuck them and leave them on the half shell. If there is a while between the trip to the fish store and dinner time, you can have them shuck the oysters and put the oysters and the oyster liquor in a small container with the shells on the side. When it is time to prepare the oysters, just place an oyster in each shell along with a small spoonful of the liquor. Not as ideal as a freshly shucked oyster but a great time saver! Great selection of oysters, by the way!
You got my vote! Sriracha sauce was one of the great "IT" ingredients in the past year, and I love its spicy wallop. I bet that on oysters, with lime juice and cilantro... YUM. I don't even have to do a taste test on it--but I will. Congrats on the finals.
Thank you!. And as A&M commented above, the butter is delicous on so many things. Let me know how you like them. PS - Congrats on your wildcard win. I'm definitely going to give it a try soon.
These look and sound fabulous! I've only ever had oysters raw, but will definitely be giving this recipe a try soon.
This sounds great! Sriracha is one of my must-haves when cooking.
I make a similar compound butter for oysters, but with chipotle - this sounds great!
Thanks! I'll have to try chipotles next time. Congrats on your win today!
Thank you! You've got a definite contender here :D
Shuna is the Pastry Chef at Peels Restaurant in NYC and author of the acclaimed blog Eggbeater.
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Six simple ingredients: cilantro, Sriracha, shallot, lime, oysters and butter.
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Cilantro and Lime await Merrill's knife. Amanda awaits something to do.
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Butter, meet Sriracha. It will pep you up.
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Lime, you are not going to win this battle.
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Lime juice, flecked with cilantro, because we forgot to rinse the tablespoon beforehand. We got a D in food-styling class.
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Mashing up the butter with the cilantro, shallot, Sriracha, salt and lime juice, which refused to blend into the butter.
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Mashing is always more fun when Merrill is telling jokes.
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Clean, shucked oysters are hard to improve, but they're about to be transformed into something amazing.
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Dabbing on the butter.
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First dibs!
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Pardon my ignorance but I have never grilled an oysters. I was thinking you would grill them closed and then open them up. When I read the instructions then I was thinking you open it and cook it in the half shell? But then it says "toss" each oyster in a dollop of butter. When it says be careful the shells are hot I get lost. You open the shell, take out the oyster, toss it, then put it back in a half shell and grill?
Help.