Smoked Oysters

Description

Smoked Oysters Seafood Dressing Recipe

PREP TIME15 minutes

COOK TIME1 hour

TOTAL TIME1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

Smoked Oyster Seafood Dressing

• 1 Pone of Cornbread (recipe follows)
• 2- 3.7-ounce Smoked Oysters, chopped
• 8-ounce Crab Claw Meat, picked
• 1 Onion, diced
• ½ cup Celery, finely diced
• 32 ounces Chicken Stock
• 5-ounce Cream of Shrimp Condensed Soup (undiluted)
• 3 Eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt (or Sea Salt)
• ½ teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
• 2 tablespoons Poultry Seasoning
• 1 teaspoon Ground Sage
• ½ teaspoon Onion Powder

Cornbread

• 3 cups Self-Rising Cornmeal
• 1½ cups Chicken Stock
• 2 Eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons Butter

Instructions

Seafood Cornbread Dressing

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C).
2. Cut cornbread into cubes and transfer to a large mixing bowl then add the chopped smoked oysters, crabmeat, onion, celery, chicken stock, cream of shrimp soup, beaten eggs and seasonings; stir to combine.
3. Transfer the dressing mixture to a rectangle baking dish (I used a 10×14), place into the oven and bake for 1 hour or until golden brown and set as desired.

Skillet Cornbread Recipe

1. Preheat oven to 400°F (204°C)
2. Place a cast iron skillet in the oven as it preheats while you make the cornbread batter.
3. In a medium mixing bowl, add the cornmeal, chicken stock and eggs then mix to combine.
4. Carefully remove the hot skillet from the oven using pot holders and add 2 tablespoons of butter to the skillet and allow it to melt. Once melted, pour in the cornbread batter then bake 25 minutes, or until golden brown.