Oyster Fritters Recipes

Steps:

• Using a whisk, beat the eggs in a small bowl. Add the milk and whisk until a bit frothy. In a second, larger bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt and pepper. Add in the egg mixture and mix until you have a smooth batter. Fold in the oysters and their liquor until they are evenly coated.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet until very hot. Ladle out 3 or 4 oysters and fry until golden brown on both sides, about 4 - 6 minutes. Remove and drain. Serve with tartar sauce or lemon slices and enjoy the first oyster harvest of the fall.

Steps:

• In small bowl, stir together aioli ingredients. Cover; refrigerate until serving time.
• In large bowl, beat 3/4 cup of the flour, the cornmeal, 2 teaspoons lemon peel, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and the red pepper. In small bowl, beat beer and egg with whisk. Stir beer mixture into flour mixture with whisk until blended. Cover; let stand at room temperature 1 hour.
• In deep fat fryer or heavy saucepan, heat 2 inches oil to 350°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with paper towels; place wire cooling rack on paper towels.
• In shallow dish, mix remaining 1 cup flour, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and the black pepper. Dip oysters in flour mixture, then dip in beer batter, allowing excess batter to drip off.
• Gently lower oysters into hot oil. Fry oysters in hot oil, in 6 batches, 2 minutes or until golden brown. Drain on rack in pan. Serve fritters hot with aioli.

Steps:

• Beat together the egg, salt, pepper, baking powder, and pancake mix.
• Add half and half; beat until smooth.
• Add the oysters and liquor.
• Stir until the oysters are mixed well.
• In an iron (or heavy) skillet, melt Crisco (about ½ inch deep).
• Drop the oysters in hot oil.
• They will spread out like a flat fritter.
• Fry until cooked through.
• Serve hot, with pickled relish or cocktail sauce.

Steps:

• Preheat the oil.
• Stir together the eggs, milk, flour and seasonings to make the batter and stir in the oysters.
• If using for an appetizer, drop by teaspoonfuls into the hot grease and fry until golden.
• If using for an entree, drop by heaping tablespoonfuls.
• Drain on paper towels & serve with cocktail sauce.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, pepper, eggs, parsley, cayenne pepper, coconut, and onion. Mix until smooth; add oysters.
• In a large skillet heat oil for 10 minutes. Drop fritter mix by the tablespoonful in hot oil. Fry until golden brown.
• Mix relish ingredients together in a bowl and chill. Serve fritters with relish.

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Beat egg whites to stiff peaks.
• Beat egg yolks until thickened, add milk and dry ingredients; beat until smooth.
• Fold in egg whites.
• Drain oysters well and drop into batter; take up in a tablespoon with all the batter the spoon will hold and drop into deep fat preheated to 360°F.
• Fry until golden brown and drain on absorbent paper.