My wife has been dying for me to get some fresh oysters so today while we had some free time (fish weren’t biting) my son and I found a spot and harvested a bucket full. We also found a couple dozen really nice clams that he insisted on keeping (he loves clams). Well, now we are home with them but are not really sure what to do next. What is the best way to clean and prepare them to eat?
Thanks!
I like to freeze and thaw them to get them to open easily. Then bake or grill them on the half shell with a dab of your favorite bbq sauce or with a mixture of sharp cheddar, diced onion and jalapeno, and a bit of honey butter. It doesn’t hurt to chop the clams up a bit if you’re cooking it with the cheese mixture.
I also made a chowder the other week with some clams and oysters that I picked which I put over grits and it was mighty good.
yella bote
black motor
Wash them and then steam them. Serve with melted butter. Don’t try to eat the ones that don’t open.
what easy said if they’re steamin’ size (smaller than a racquetball for me)… what rap said if they ain’t.
faves:
steamed plain with lemon/old bay/butter
steamed in white wine, garlic, lemon and onion, eaten with toasted french bread dipped in broth
clams casino- chopped and returned to shell with lots of bacon and cheese love, then broiled
with a small number of them, i think it’s worth hitting each one with a scrub brush during cleaning to eliminate grit in your broth (if you want it)… in any case, i always pour off everything but the dregs, then return clean broth to a clean container for dipping.
Hot homemade clam chowder is tough to beat after a cold wet day on the water…
All good info guys. I had top get some schooling on cleaning them, wasn’t really sure what you could/could not eat once you got in one.
Rapchizzle,
You should write a book man haha, you got answers for it all, you in town ??
Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous