If you're lucky enough to get your hands on fresh oysters, try them steamed and served in shells with melted butter.
Steamed Oysters
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 48 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 3
Ingredients
- 4 pounds oysters in shells
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- Butter or margarine, melted, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Discard any broken-shell or open (dead) oysters. Scrub remaining oysters in cold water, removing any barnacles with a dull paring knife.
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Step2Place half of the oysters in a steamer with boiling water. Cover and steam 5 to 8 minutes, removing oysters as they open. Discard any unopened oysters. Repeat with remaining oysters.
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Step3Serve hot oysters in shells with butter.
Nutrition
90
Calories
1 g
Total Fat
17 g
Protein
3 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 10
- Total Fat
- 1 g
- Saturated Fat
- 1 g
- Cholesterol
- 45 mg
- Sodium
- 370 mg
- Potassium
- 0mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 3 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- Protein
- 17 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 14%
- 14%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 100%
- 100%
Exchanges:
2 Lean Meat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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