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Hangtown Fry Recipe


Hangtown Fry Recipe
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 miner... More

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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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Comments


Wow... this sounds interesting... im not too fond of oysters though


Love it and love the history...thanks for post little girls!


FUNNY......We just called this an oyster omelet. I never knew it had a special name...Great post, thanks.


Wow! I konw I'm gonna LOVE this!


We love oysters, this sounds wonderful.


OMG!!!!!!!!! Gotta be good if has oysters!!!!!!!


My grandmother grew up in San Francisco, and she loved this! This sounds a lot better than what she cooked, though.


Holy smokes batman... this is super post... I love it...dave


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