Cornmeal Fried Oysters with Blue Cheese Dressing

By mrslopes

Ingredients

• Blue Cheese Dressing:
• 1 Cup mayonnaise
• 4 Ounce blue cheese, crumbled
• 1 ⁄2 Cup sour cream
• 1 ⁄4 Cup buttermilk or regular milk
• 3 Tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• 1 Dash worchestershire sauce each
• freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
• Oysters:
• 1 Quart fresh oysters, shucked
• vegetable oil, for frying
• 1 Cup cornmeal
• 1 Cup instant cornbread mix
• Each salt & pepper, to taste

Preparation

Step 1

Blue Cheese Dressing:

1.Mix all the blue cheese dressing ingredients together; mix well.
2.Cover and chill.

Oysters:

1.Heat a cast-iron skillet or thick bottom saute pan.
2.Add enough vegetable oil for a shallow fry (about 1-1 1/2").
3.Mix the cornmeal, cornbread mix, salt and pepper in a wide,
4.Remove oysters from their liquid and roll each in cornbread mix, coating well.
5.Fry oysters in hot oil and drain on paper towels or a rack set over a sheet pan.
6.Lightly salt each oysters and serve hot with homemade blue cheese dressing.