Crispy Batter Fried Oyster Burger 蠔漢堡包
If you love fresh succulent oysters as much as we do, then you're in for a treat! This Crispy Batter Fried Oyster Burger is our version of the fabulous oyster burger, a crunchy yet succulent tartar sauce touched seafood burger, or the 'Sea Burger' as we call it around here.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup water, ice cold
- 6 hamburger buns
- 18 oysters
- 1/2 onion
- 3 cups rocket leaves
- 2 ripe tomatoes
- 6 wedges of lemon
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 pickle, or 8 cornichons
Instructions
- 1
Thaw oysters in fridge for a few hours until completely thawed. Reserve the oyster thawing water.
- 2
Make tartar sauce by chopping pickle finely then mixing with the mayonnaise.
- 3
Peel and slice onion finely.
- 4
Wash and dry rocket leaves.
- 5
Wash and slice tomatoes.
- 6
Toast hamburger buns.
- 7
Prepare batter by mixing flour, baking powder, salt and ice water.
- 8
Heat 2-3 inch oil in small pot until hot. Check the oil's readiness by dropping a bit of batter in the hot oil. If the batter rises up from the bottom right away and the oil bubbles around the batter then the oil is ready.
- 9
Dredge the oyster through batter, coating thickly.
- 10
Quickly drop into hot oil. Drop a few more, taking care not to overcrowd the pot. The oyster should rise up to the surface right away, if not, the oil is not hot enough. Let cook until golden then flip.
- 11
When both sides are golden and crisp, remove from oil and place onto paper towels to drain. Repeat until all the oysters are crispy golden fried.
- 12
Your oysters will stay crispy so no need to hurry. Bring out all your burger fixings and tartar sauce and let everyone construct their own unique Sea Burger. Squeeze lemon on your crispy fried oysters and enjoy!