South Jersey Oyster Pie

Name: South Jersey Oyster Pie
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams bacon; 3 stalks celery, chopped; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 small green bell pepper, chopped; 177 milliliters heavy cream; 1 small onion, chopped; 24 oysters, shucked with liquid reserved; 1 double crust ready-to-use pie crust; 1 teaspoons seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®), or more to taste

South Jersey Oyster Pie requires around 1 hour and 15 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 25g of fat, and a total of 318 calories. A mixture of bell pepper, double crust ready-to-use pie crust, onion, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Cook the bacon in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat until golden brown, about 10 minutes; remove to a paper towel-lined plate to drain, reserving the drippings. Crumble the bacon.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9-inch pie pan with 1 of the pie crusts.

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Pie Crust

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Oven

Heat 1 tablespoon of the reserved bacon drippings in a skillet over medium-low heat; add the onion, celery, garlic, and green pepper to the hot drippings, cover, and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.

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Bacon Drippings

Green Pepper

Celery

Garlic

Onion

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Remove the cooked vegetables to a bowl. Increase heat to medium and stir 3 tablespoons of the reserved drippings and the flour together in the skillet to make a thick paste. Slowly pour the cream and 1 cup of the reserved liquid from the oysters into the paste; cook and stir until a thick gravy forms. Fold the bacon, oysters, and vegetables into the mixture; season with seafood seasoning.

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Seafood Seasoning