Oysters with Bacon Crumbs

Ingredients:

80 ml olive oil

2 french shallots, finely diced

2 rindless bacon rashers, finely chopped

¼ cup garlic stems, finely chopped

¼ cup panko crumbs

24 rock oysters, freshly shucked

120ml Shaoxing wine

2 tbsp XO sauce

2 tbsp light soy sauce

3cm piece ginger, cut into julienne

Spring onion, thinly sliced

 Method:

Heat oil in a saucepan over high heat. Add shallots and bacon, stir until bacon is crisp.

Add panko crumbs and stir until toasted

Season to taste and set aside.

Check oysters for any broken shell pieces, then remove oysters from shells. Reserve shells. Strain juice from oysters, place in bowl, and set aside.

Arrange oyster shells in 2 large bamboo steamers. Divide the Shaoxing wine, XO sauce and soy sauce among shells. Place oysters back in shell, and top with ginger.

Cover and steam over a saucepan of boiling water until just warmed through (1-2 minutes).

Top with crumb mixture and spring onion, and serve warm.

Prepared by:
Ivonne Nathan
Culinary Skills Teacher
Trade Skills and Vocational Learning
Canberra Institute of Technology

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