Chinese Deep Fried Oysters with Dipping Sauce

The recipe Chinese Deep Fried Oysters with Dipping Sauce is ready in about 45 minutes and is definitely a super dairy free and pescatarian option for lovers of Chinese food. One serving contains 225 calories, 3g of protein, and 12g of fat. This recipe serves 6. For 90 cents per serving, this recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a very reasonably priced side dish for The Super Bowl. 71 person were glad they tried this recipe. This recipe from The Woks of Life requires baking powder, scallions, sesame oil, and ketchup. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 45%. This score is good. Similar recipes are Fried oysters with chipotle-lime dipping sauce, Deep-Fried Onions with Dipping Sauce, and Deep Fried Oysters.

Servings: 6

Preparation duration: 30 minutes

Cooking duration: 15 minutes

 

Ingredients:

½ teaspoon baking powder

3-4 cups canola oil for frying

Cornstarch slurry (1/3 cup water mixed with 1 teaspoon cornstarch)

¾ cup all-purpose flour for the batter, plus 1/3 cup for dredging the oysters

⅛ teaspoon garlic powder

⅛ teaspoon ground white pepper

Iceberg lettuce, shredded

1 tablespoon ketchup

⅛ teaspoon onion powder

2 tablespoons rice vinegar

¼ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon salt

Chopped scallions, for garnish

⅔ cup ice cold seltzer water

½ teaspoon sesame oil

16-ounce container of small shucked oysters

1 teaspoon soy sauce

2 tablespoons sugar

Equipment:

colander

kitchen thermometer

pot

paper towels

bowl

slotted spoon

wire rack

sauce pan

toaster

oven

Cooking instruction summary:

Drain the shucked oysters from the plastic container, and give them a gentle rinse with cold water. The oysters are very delicate, so be careful handling them. Place the oysters in a colander, and let the excess water drain for at least 10 minutes. Prepare the batter by mixing cup flour, the baking powder, white pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt until well-combined. Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a small (to save oil) but deep pot (to prevent splattering). Check the oil temperature with a candy or oil thermometer for accuracy. Right before youre ready to fry the oysters, add the cold seltzerit makes for a crispier oyster. Mix until your batter is smooth (a few small lumps here and there is fine). Then, mix in the sesame oil. After the oysters have drained, lightly pat each of them dry with a paper towel, and dredge each oyster lightly with flour. I know its tempting to dredge all of the oysters at once in a glob, but its best to dredge each oyster individually just before you batter and fry them to ensure they are fully and evenly coated. After dredging, dip each oyster into the batter so it is fully coated. Lift them out of the batter carefully--you can use the edge of the bowl to scrape off excess batter if needed. Now youre ready to deep fry the oysters. Check the temperature of the oil again with your thermometer. As you are frying, you should adjust the heat to maintain a temperature between 325 degrees F and 350 degrees F, because the oil will cool quickly as you drop in the battered oysters and then quickly heat again as they cook. Lower the oyster halfway into the oil and slowly swirl it for 2 or 3 seconds so the batter cooks slightly, and then drop it into the oil. This process prevents the oyster from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Fry the oysters in batches, depending upon the size of your pot and the amount of oil you are using. For this recipe, we fried oysters in batches of 3 or 4 depending upon their size. Use a slotted spoon to lift the oysters out when they are golden brown and transfer them to a metal cooling rack to drain. Repeat until all the oysters have been fried. Now you can make the dipping sauce. In a small saucepan, add the ketchup, soy sauce, rice vinegar, salt, sugar, and cornstarch slurry and heat to a simmer. You can adjust the flavor by either adding vinegar to make it more tart, adding sugar if you like it sweeter, or adding more cornstarch and water if you like it thicker. Its best to serve these immediately, but if you are like us on Chinese New Year, you are preparing many dishes at the same time, and its inevitable that these wont get eaten immediately! So just before serving, you can reheat your oil to 375 degrees F, and drop the oysters in 3 or 4 at a time, frying them for 30 seconds or until they are crisp again. Alternatively, you can heat them in a toaster oven at 400 degrees F for 5 minutes. Serve these deep fried oysters on a bed of iceberg lettuce, and garnish with chopped scallions. The dipping sauce should be served warm, so reheat your dipping sauce if needed.

 

Step by step:


1. Drain the shucked oysters from the plastic container, and give them a gentle rinse with cold water. The oysters are very delicate, so be careful handling them.

2. Place the oysters in a colander, and let the excess water drain for at least 10 minutes.

3. Prepare the batter by mixing cup flour, the baking powder, white pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt until well-combined.

4. Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a small (to save oil) but deep pot (to prevent splattering). Check the oil temperature with a candy or oil thermometer for accuracy.

5. Right before youre ready to fry the oysters, add the cold seltzerit makes for a crispier oyster.

6. Mix until your batter is smooth (a few small lumps here and there is fine). Then, mix in the sesame oil.

7. After the oysters have drained, lightly pat each of them dry with a paper towel, and dredge each oyster lightly with flour. I know its tempting to dredge all of the oysters at once in a glob, but its best to dredge each oyster individually just before you batter and fry them to ensure they are fully and evenly coated.

8. After dredging, dip each oyster into the batter so it is fully coated. Lift them out of the batter carefully--you can use the edge of the bowl to scrape off excess batter if needed.

9. Now youre ready to deep fry the oysters. Check the temperature of the oil again with your thermometer. As you are frying, you should adjust the heat to maintain a temperature between 325 degrees F and 350 degrees F, because the oil will cool quickly as you drop in the battered oysters and then quickly heat again as they cook.

10. Lower the oyster halfway into the oil and slowly swirl it for 2 or 3 seconds so the batter cooks slightly, and then drop it into the oil. This process prevents the oyster from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Fry the oysters in batches, depending upon the size of your pot and the amount of oil you are using. For this recipe, we fried oysters in batches of 3 or 4 depending upon their size.

11. Use a slotted spoon to lift the oysters out when they are golden brown and transfer them to a metal cooling rack to drain. Repeat until all the oysters have been fried.

12. Now you can make the dipping sauce. In a small saucepan, add the ketchup, soy sauce, rice vinegar, salt, sugar, and cornstarch slurry and heat to a simmer. You can adjust the flavor by either adding vinegar to make it more tart, adding sugar if you like it sweeter, or adding more cornstarch and water if you like it thicker.

13. Its best to serve these immediately, but if you are like us on Chinese New Year, you are preparing many dishes at the same time, and its inevitable that these wont get eaten immediately! So just before serving, you can reheat your oil to 375 degrees F, and drop the oysters in 3 or 4 at a time, frying them for 30 seconds or until they are crisp again. Alternatively, you can heat them in a toaster oven at 400 degrees F for 5 minutes.

14. Serve these deep fried oysters on a bed of iceberg lettuce, and garnish with chopped scallions. The dipping sauce should be served warm, so reheat your dipping sauce if needed.


Nutrition Information:

Quickview
224k Calories
3g Protein
11g Total Fat
26g Carbs
5% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
224k
11%

Fat
11g
18%

  Saturated Fat
0.95g
6%

Carbohydrates
26g
9%

  Sugar
6g
7%

Cholesterol
3mg
1%

Sodium
392mg
17%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
3g
6%

Vitamin K
42µg
40%

Zinc
3mg
22%

Vitamin E
2mg
15%

Folate
59µg
15%

Copper
0.28mg
14%

Manganese
0.27mg
14%

Vitamin B12
0.66µg
11%

Vitamin B1
0.17mg
11%

Vitamin A
522IU
10%

Selenium
7µg
10%

Iron
1mg
9%

Phosphorus
70mg
7%

Fiber
1g
7%

Vitamin B2
0.12mg
7%

Potassium
216mg
6%

Vitamin B3
1mg
6%

Vitamin C
3mg
5%

Calcium
44mg
4%

Magnesium
13mg
3%

Vitamin B6
0.06mg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.18mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
Widget by spoonacular.com

 

Suggested for you

Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Cook the Book: Mac and Cheese with Soubise
BB Monday: Brownie Cookies
Green Bean Casserole
Vegan Tomato, Chickpea, and Sweet Potato Soup
Red Wine Marinated Flank Steak #grassfedmoms
Blueberry Lavender Jam Ice Cream
Pork Chops in Orange Sauce
Semisweet Chocolate and Peanut Bars
Stuffed Eggplants in Garlic Sauce
Food Trivia

The largest item on any menu in the world is the roast camel.

Food Joke

John invited his mother over for dinner. During the meal, his mother couldn't help noticing how attractive and shapely the housekeeper was. Over the course of the evening, she started to wonder if there was more between John and the housekeeper than met the eye. Reading his mom's thoughts, John volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, my relationship with my housekeeper is purely professional." About a week later, the housekeeper came to John and said, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don't suppose she took it, do you?" John said, "Well, I doubt it, but I'll write her a letter just to be sure." So he sat down and wrote: "Dear Mother, I'm not saying you 'did' take a gravy ladle from my house, and I'm not saying you 'did not' take a gravy ladle. But the fact remains that one has been missing ever since you were here for dinner." Several days later, John received a letter from his mother which said "Dear Son, I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with your housekeeper, and I'm not saying that you 'do not' sleep with your housekeeper. But the fact remains that if she were sleeping in her own bed, she would have found the gravy ladle by now. Love, Mom"

Popular Recipes
Any Flavor Taffy

Allrecipes

Cilantro Pesto-Stuffed Pork Tenderloin With Summer Succotash

Serious Eats

Twice Baked Potatoes

Foodnetwork

One Pot Cauliflower Chowder

Oh Sweet Basil

Easy Keto Marinara Sauce (Low Carb and Gluten Free)

I Breathe Im Hungry