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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 10 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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Hangtown fry could possibly be the first California cuisine. It consists of fried breaded oysters, eggs, and fried bacon, cooked together like an omelet. In the gold-mining camps of the late 1800s, Hangtown Fry was a one-skillet meal for hungry miners who struck it rich and had plenty of gold to spend. Read more . Live oysters would be brought to the gold fields in barrels of sea water after being gathered in and around San Francisco Bay. Such a meal cost approximately $6.00, a fortune in those days. Ingredients:
1 egg, beaten |
1 tablespoon milk |
breading mixture of cracker crumbs and bread crumbs |
vegetable oil |
3 oysters |
2 slices bacon |
2 eggs |
2 t. heavy cream |
Directions:
1. In a small bowl, beat 1 egg with the milk.
2. Dip the oysters in egg/milk mixture and then breading. Pan-fry until three-fourths cooked. While doing this, fry the bacon in another skillet until just before it becomes crisp.
3. Beat 2 eggs and cream lightly.
4. Place the bacon like railroad tracks off-center in a frying pan, pour a bit of the egg over the bacon.
5. Place the oysters on bacon and pour the remaining eggs over.
6. Cook and then fold the omelets over.
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