Bog-standard Oyster Stew

iWoodsman
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This is an extremely simply “low-country” (Carolinas) stew, meaning it is a thin broth with whole oysters and basically nothing else. Very traditional and purist. If you want it creamy or with veg and herbs, this is not what you’re looking for.

Bog-standard Oyster Stew

This is an extremely simply “low-country” (Carolinas) stew, meaning it is a thin broth with whole oysters and basically nothing else. Very traditional and purist. If you want it creamy or with veg and herbs, this is not what you’re looking for.

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Ingredients

20 minutes
2-3 people
  1. 4 Tbspbutter
  2. 1/2 cupminced shallot, or onion
  3. Just one minced or crushed garlic clove, seriously one. It’s not a garlicky dish
  4. 1 pintraw oysters with juice, live or canned. If you shuck live oysters, shuck as many as needed to reach a pint of volume, keeping all the liquor. Could be 2 dozen or more. I shuck over a bowl
  5. 4 cupswhole milk
  6. Salt, black pepper
  7. Crystal, Tabasco, Louisiana or other plain hot sauce with vinegar base

Cooking Instructions

20 minutes
  1. 1

    In a 2+ quart pan, sauté the shallot in the butter over med-low heat until translucent, do not brown. Add the garlic.

  2. 2

    Before the garlic can brown, pour in the oysters and oyster liquor. Let it reheat and simmer a few minutes to just cook the oysters through. Turn off the heat.

  3. 3

    Wait a few minutes for the oyster and shallot mix to cool somewhat, then quickly pour in the quart of milk. From here on, don’t let the milk simmer for even a moment, so it stays perfectly smooth. Turn heat to low and start warming the stew back up.

  4. 4

    As it begins to steam again, add salt and black pepper to taste, and a few or several drops of hot sauce. Stir. At the first sign of a bubble, kill the heat.

  5. 5

    Fancy oyster dishes are great, but sometimes I want something unadorned and simple. Try it with plain white French bread.

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Luke Troxell
Luke Troxell @LukeTroxell
A little fresh Italian parsley is great also a little Worcesterhire sauce .

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