These to-die-for oysters originated with Chef David Garrido of Jeffrey\u2019s, the favorite restaurant of President George W. and Laura Bush when they lived in Austin.The main problem may be finding the firm yuca chips, which are made from yuca, the root of cassava or manioc, a South American native plant. Look in Latin American or ethnic food stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Makes 4 Servings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canola oil for frying
Buttermilk for dredging
All-purpose flour, or masa for dredging
16 oysters, shucked
16 yuca chips or nacho chips if yuca not available
\u00bd cup pico de gallo, recipe following
\u00bd cup chipotle mayonnaise, recipe following<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a small skillet, pour in canola oil to a depth of 1 inch; heat to 375\u00baF. Put buttermilk and flour or masa into 2 separate, shallow bowls. Coat oysters with buttermilk, then dip them in the flour or masa. When oil is hot, slide the oysters in, a few at a time; fry for 45 seconds to 1 minute, or until lightly browned. Transfer oysters to paper towels to drain. Keep warm until all are cooked.
To serve, put a heaping teaspoonful of pico de gallo on each chip, then a fried oyster. Top each with a heaping teaspoonful of chipotle mayonnaise. Serve immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NOTE: Often the chips are small or broken making it necessary to use more by overlapping them so that they will hold an oyster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PICO DE GALLO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Makes 1 \u00bd cups<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 cup ripe tomato, diced Combine all ingredients in a bowl, including salt. Mix well; refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow flavors to blend before serving<\/p>\n\n\n\n CHIPOTLE MAYONNAISE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Makes 1\u00bd cups<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard In a blender combine mustard, honey, cilantro, chipotle, egg yolks, lemon, and salt. Pulse blender on and off briefly to mix. Remove center section of blender lid, if possible, if not, remove lid.With blender running, gradually pour in oil in a thin, steady stream, processing until mixture thickens to a mayonnaise.Transfer to a bowl; cover and refrigerate for up to two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTE: You can cheat a little by using 1 cup of Hellmann\u2019s\u00ae Lite Mayonnaise and adding mustard, honey, cilantro, and chipotle adobado pur\u00e9e to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These to-die-for oysters originated with Chef David Garrido of Jeffrey\u2019s, the favorite restaurant of President George W. and Laura Bush when they lived in Austin.The main problem may be finding the firm yuca chips, which are made from yuca, the root of cassava or manioc, a South American native plant. Look in Latin American or … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[175,176],"class_list":["post-601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spicy-food","tag-appetizers","tag-spicy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":620,"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions\/620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u00bd cup onion, diced
1 serrano chili pepper, stemmed, seeded and minced
\u00bc cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Salt to taste<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 tablespoons honey
\u00bd cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1 teaspoon chipotle adobado pur\u00e9e, or to taste
2 egg yolks
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
\u00bd teaspoon sea salt
\u00be cup olive oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n