Louisiana seafood gumbo with shrimp, oysters, crab, okra, and a dark roux served over rice with file powder. An authentic Cajun stew loaded with Gulf seafood and smothered okra.
Creamy pasta with oysters and shrimp in a roux-based sauce spiked with anchovy paste, Tabasco, and Worcestershire. A rich Cajun-style seafood pasta that comes together in one pan.
Low Country oyster loaf with cracker-crusted fried oysters stuffed inside herbed French bread. A classic Southern seafood sandwich served hot with lemon.
Creole bouillabaisse layers fish, shrimp, and oysters into a roux-thickened broth with tomatoes, white wine, and cayenne. A New Orleans take on the French seafood classic.
This elegant first course looks very attractive served in clear glass bowls or clear stemmed dessert dishes.
Rustic oyster milk soup infused with bay leaf, parsley, and celery. This comforting recipe feeds 4-6 with simple ingredients and a touch of cayenne heat. Budget-friendly using canned or fresh oysters.
A creamy Cajun oyster pie with shucked oysters in a buttery béchamel sauce seasoned with filé powder, hot sauce, and pimientos, baked under a golden pie crust. Old-school Louisiana comfort food.
A whole roasted turkey basted in oyster liquor and butter, stuffed with a Southern cornbread dressing loaded with chopped oysters, pecans, mushrooms, and giblets. This is the holiday bird that earns a place at the head of the table.
Cajun-style oyster fritters with 48 butter-sauteed oysters in a spiced batter of black pepper, white pepper, hot sauce, and oregano. Fried golden in peanut oil.
Escalloped oysters layered between buttery bread and cracker crumbs, moistened with oyster liquor and cream, baked into a golden seafood casserole. Classic American.
Oysters and wild rice casserole, a Southern holiday-style bake with plump oysters, nutty wild rice, sage, thyme, and a buttery Ritz cracker topping.
Yucatan seafood stew loaded with clams, mussels, monkfish, tuna, cod, lobster, shrimp, oysters, and squid in a fire-roasted tomato and lime broth. The Mexican coastal showpiece for a special-occasion table.
Pork cubes marinated in five spice and sherry, wok-seared, then clay pot braised with brown bean sauce, dried orange peel, ginger, and fresh oysters. Cantonese surf-and-turf at its finest.
Oysters Bingo are lightly breaded fresh oysters sauteed golden in butter, then drizzled with a creamy pan sauce of white wine, oyster juice, lemon, and shallots.
California-style bouillabaisse with lobster, snapper, halibut, shrimp, crab, clams, oysters, and mussels in saffron-fennel broth with white wine and tomato. Pacific coast classic.
Minced oysters baked with eggs, cracker crumbs, celery seed, and butter until golden brown. A classic Southern oyster casserole from a quart of fresh oysters.