Hangtown Fry
From cheryilyn 16 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 1
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. See less
Ingredients
- 1 egg, beaten shopping list
- 1 tablespoon milk shopping list
- breading mixture of cracker crumbs and bread crumbs shopping list
- vegetable oil shopping list
- 3 oysters shopping list
- 2 slices bacon shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 2 T. heavy cream shopping list
How to make it
- In a small bowl, beat 1 egg with the milk.
- 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.
- Beat 2 eggs and cream lightly.
- Place the bacon like railroad tracks off-center in a frying pan, pour a bit of the egg over the bacon.
- Place the oysters on bacon and pour the remaining eggs over.
- Cook and then fold the omelets over.
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Love it and love the history...thanks for post little girls!
mystic_river1
in Bradenton loved it
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FUNNY......We just called this an oyster omelet. I never knew it had a special name...Great post, thanks.
saltymike
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Wow! I konw I'm gonna LOVE this!
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