Kitty Koenig's Scalloped Oysters

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 pints oysters
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/4 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 2 tablespoons chopped onions
• 4 cups soft breadcrumbs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• oyster liquor
• light cream or half-and-half
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• paprika

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 2 pick over and clean oysters, removing bits of shell. strain oyster liquor and set aside.
• 3 melt butter in skillet; stir in tabasco. add onion and cook until tender but not brown. add bread crumbs and salt. toss lightly.
• 4 cover bottom of shallow buttered baking dish with bread crumbs, then with a layer of oysters. repeat a layer of bread crumbs and oysters and end with a top layer of crumbs.
• 5 combine oyster liquor with enough cream to make 3/4 cup. pour over mixture in casserole. sprinkle with lemon juice and paprika.
• 6 bake for 10-15 minutes, or until top is lightly browned.