Southern Oyster Casserole Recipes

OYSTER CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, bell pepper,celery, and mushrooms. Cook, stirring frequently until vegetables are soft, about 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add garlic and cook 1 more minute.
• Add drained oysters and cook, stirring frequently, until oysters are about halfway cooked. Pour entire contents of pan (oysters and vegetables) through a fine-meshed sieve and discard all liquid. Transfer everything in the sieve to a greased 11x7-inch baking pan. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
• In a small saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add flour and cook and stir for 1 minute.
• Gradually whisk in cream and cook until it begins to simmer and thicken.
• Add Parmesan cheese, whisk until melted, and remove from heat. Stir in salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Pour over the oysters.
• Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Toss with Panko crumbs and green onions. Sprinkle on top of casserole.
• Place under broiler and broil until Panko crumbs are golden brown and mixture is bubbly.

SCALLOPED OYSTERS RECIPE

Steps:

• Generously butter a 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut 6 tablespoons of the butter into ½-inch pieces, and set aside. Stir together salt and pepper in a small bowl, and set aside.
• Pour oysters in liquid over a fine mesh strainer into a medium bowl. Measure ⅓ cup strained oyster liquid into a small bowl. (Discard remaining oyster liquid, or reserve for another use.) Stir cream into oyster liquid. Cut any large oysters into 2 or 3 pieces. Microwave remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a medium-size microwavable glass bowl on HIGH until melted, about 30 seconds. Add 1 cup of the crushed crackers. Stir to coat, and set aside.
• Sprinkle bottom of prepared baking dish with 1 cup of the crushed crackers. Arrange one-fourth of the oysters, spaced a few inches apart, over crackers. Sprinkle with one-fourth of the salt-pepper mixture. Arrange one-fourth of the butter pieces around the oysters. Repeat layers 3 times using remaining crushed crackers, oysters, salt-pepper mixture, and butter pieces. Sprinkle evenly with reserved melted butter-cracker mixture.
• Pour oyster liquid-cream mixture over layered mixture in baking dish. Bake in preheated oven until puffed up, firm, and heated through, 30 to 35 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley. Serve hot or warm.

MOM'S OYSTER CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Drain oysters well, reserving liquid.
• Generously grease a shallow 1-1/2-quart casserole dish.
• Sprinkle half the crackers over the bottom.
• Lay half the oysters on top of crackers.
• Sprinkle with half the onions, parsley, lemon juice, salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce.
• Dot generously with butter and pour half the cream, milk and reserved juice from the oysters.
• Repeat the layers but save the remaining cracker crumbs for the top.
• Add a dash of Tabasco if desired before covering with the crumbs.
• Cover with the remaining cracker crumbs.
• Dust enough with paprika to make it really red on top.
• Bake 30 minutes or until the casserole is set (when you jiggle it, it shakes like set Jello).
• Serve hot.

OYSTER CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, toss the cracker crumbs and butter. In another bowl, combine the salt, nutmeg and pepper. In a greased 11x7-in. baking dish, layer half of the crumbs, half of the oysters and 1/4 teaspoon of seasoning mixture., Combine soup and milk; pour over the top. Layer with remaining oysters and another 1/4 teaspoon of seasoning mixture. Top with remaining crumbs and seasonings. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until hot and bubbly.