Recipes

Pork Rind Oyster Snacks

  • Serves

    makes 24 roosters

  • Cook

    1 hour 35 minutes

TIM ROBISON

By Vivian Howard


Published on July 21, 2016

Roosters are an oyster bar standard made up of a single saltine topped with an oyster, horseradish, and several slices of jalapeño. The tradition: You shoot one back, grimace, chase it with a beer, and before you know it, you've eaten a dozen and got a T-shirt to prove it. This is not that. This tastes good. Instead of something you'd eat only after partying a bit, this version is an adept way to start a party.

Ingredients

  • 14 cup minced pickled jalapeños
  • 14 cup prepared horseradish
  • 2 tbsp. ketchup
  • 1 tbsp. mayonnaise
  • 1 large jalapeño, sliced into 24 rounds
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 24 fried pork rinds, each about the size of a saltine cracker (2-inch squares)
  • 24 shucked oysters (small ones work best)

Instructions

Step 1

In a small bowl stir together the pickled jalapeños, horseradish, ketchup, and mayonnaise. Refrigerate for a minimum of 30 minutes before using and up to 3 days.

Step 2

An hour before you plan on serving the roosters, marinate the jalapeño slices in the lemon juice. Just before serving, stir 1 tablespoon of that lemon juice into the pickled jalapeño mixture.

Step 3

To serve, place an oyster on top of a pork rind and spoon a heaping teaspoon of the pickled jalapeño mixture on top. Crown with a slice of jalapeño. Serve these immediately because they get soggy very fast.

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