Recipe - Deep-Fried Bacon Wrapped Oysters

12 Oysters
1 sl Fresh ginger root
2 tablespoon Soy sauce
2 tablespoon Sherry
1 cup Mixed nutmeats
3 sl Bacon
3 tablespoon Smoked ham
2 Scallion stalks
1 Egg
One half cup Flour
1 pn Salt
1 ds Pepper
Oil for deepfrying
One half Head lettuce
Lemon wedges
Chinese parsley

1. Shell oysters. Mince ginger root; then combine with soy sauce and
sherry. Add to oysters and let stand 15 minutes, turning occasionally.
Drain, discarding marinade.

2. Meanwhile crush nutmeats almost to a powder. Cut each bacon strip
crosswise in 4 sections. Sliver smoked ham. Cut scallion stalks in 1/2inch
sections.

3. Dip each oyster in crushed nutmeats; then top with a few ham slivers and
a piece of scallion. Wrap oysters in bacon sections.

4. Beat egg lightly and blend to a batter with flour, salt and pepper. Dip
wrapped oysters in batter to coat.

5. Meanwhile heat oil. Add oysters, a few at a time, and deepfry until
crisp and golden. Drain on paper toweling.

6. Arrange on a bed of shredded lettuce. Garnish with lemon wedges and
Chinese parsley. VARIATION: For the smoked ham, substitute Chinese sausage.

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.