Dinner Tonight: Alton Brown's Baked Oysters with Artichoke and Panko Crumbs

Name: Dinner Tonight: Alton Brown's Baked Oysters with Artichoke and Panko Crumbs
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 397 grams artichoke hearts, drained, and finely chopped; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 177 milliliters finely chopped celery, from about 1 stalk celery; 1 Tbsp minced garlic, from about 2 garlic cloves; 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided; 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest, from about 1 large lemon; 177 milliliters finely chopped onion, from about ½ small onion; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 24 oysters (preferrably blue point); 237 milliliters panko bread crumbs; 946 milliliters rock salt; 6 Tbsps unsalted butter

One portion of this dish contains around 4g of protein, 27g of fat, and a total of 344 calories. This pescatarian recipe serves 4. A mixture of artichoke hearts, onion, celery, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes.

Instructions

Adjust oven racks to lower-middle and upper-middle positions and preheat oven to 420°F.

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Oven

Pour rock salt onto a sheet pan. Shuck oysters using an oyster knife. Discard top flat shell, and then use knife to dislodge oyster from bottom shell. Keep oyster in bottom half, and retain as much of oyster liquor as possible. Nestle bottom shell with oyster in salt, making sure none of the liquor pours off.

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Salt

Oysters

Liquor

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Knife

Frying Pan

Add butter to 12-inch sauté pan set over medium-low heat. When butter has melted, turn heat up slightly, and add onion, celery, and ½ teaspoon salt. Cook until onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.

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Butter

Celery

Onion

Salt

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Frying Pan

Add garlic, and cook until fragrant, about one minute.

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Garlic

Reduce heat to low and add artichoke hearts, bread crumbs, lemon zest, ½ teaspoon kosher salt, black pepper, and oregano. Cook for 3 more minutes, until everything is very fragrant. Turn off heat.

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Artichoke Hearts