How to Prepare Oysters Casino

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• 24 bluepoint oysters
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• crackers
• garlic butter
• lemon juice
• 6 strips of bacon
• 6 scallions
• 1 bell pepper
• hot pepper sauce
• horseradish

1. Chop the stem off the bell pepper, remove the core and cut the pepper in half. Remove the seeds and inner membranes, then mince the pepper.
2. Chop the scallions finely. Grind the black pepper.
3. Fry the bacon in some butter. Once the bacon is crispy--almost burned-- allow it to drain on paper towels. Once the bacon has cooled, crumble it and the crackers together into a little bowl.
4. Sauté the scallions and bell pepper in the bacon grease.
5. Melt ½ cup of butter.
6. Open the oysters but leave them in their half-shells.
7. Add lemon juice, hot pepper sauce, salt, pepper, bell pepper, scallions and the crumbled crackers and bacon—in that order—onto the oysters.
8. Bake 12 minutes at 425 degrees. Serve with horseradish on the side.