How to grill oysters | CHARGRILLED Oysters with bacon recipe

What do CHARGRILLED OYSTERS taste like? A New Orleans CLASSIC, Chargrilled oysters are buttery, briny, CHEESY, and DELICIOUS! Learn how to make cheesy, spicy, GARLIC BUTTER chargrilled oysters at home in this video! I'll also show how to shuck oysters. Watch the video The Oyster Craze of New York City by @TastingHistory for more oyster information. Are chargrilled oysters raw? No, chargrilled oysters are FULLY COOKED over flaming coals. They cook quickly, needing only 3 to 5 minutes over the fire. I had my first taste of Chargrilled oysters at Creole House restaurant on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. They were so delicious I went back the next day for another order. I went lighter on the cheese when I made chargrilled oysters on my Weber Kettle Grill at home so more of the oyster flavor could shine through! What goes with chargrilled oysters? Sweet corn goes great with salty, spicy, char-grilled oysters. The grill is already hot, so add some corn, asparagus, and French bread! What are those little crabs in my oyster? Those are harmless pea crabs (sometimes called oyster crabs), a parasitic crab that enters the oyster as a tiny larva. The crab eats food the oyster takes in and grows too large to leave the oyster's shell. There's enough food for both animals, so the oyster continues to grow plump. If the pea crabs are alive, some people like to eat them, though I haven't tried them myself. Grilled oysters recipe You'll need an oyster knife for shucking 18 oysters (I bought these at Kroger. I don't know what kind they are, but they are farm raised and probably from the Atlantic Ocean. 1 stick of butter 2 to 3 cloves of garlic, chopped 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of Cayenne pepper (if you like heat) 1 teaspoon of seasoned salt OR Old Bay 2 or 3 strips of bacon (cooked and chopped) 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese 1 tablespoon of chopped chives 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley 0:00 How to make chargrilled oysters 0:34 where to buy oysters 0:40 how to start the Weber Performer Deluxe grill 2:00 Chargrilled oysters recipe 2:25 what do you eat with chargrilled oysters 3:01 how to wash oysters 3:25 how to shuck oysters 5:18 why is a crab in my oyster 5:41 how do you know if an oyster is bad 7:03 how to chargrill oysters