Oyster Sauce Recipe

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g fresh oysters
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 small onion, finely minced
• 1 tablespoon finely minced fresh gingerroot
• 1 garlic clove, finely minced
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh basil
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cup cream
• 1/4 cup dark soy sauce

Recipe

• 1 if using fresh oysters, steamed in pan with one cup water until opened (reserve broth)
• 2 very finely chop oysters.(if using prepackaged oysters reserve liquid).
• 3 melt butter in a skillet and sauté onion, garlic and ginger root over medium heat until onions are soft.
• 4 add minced oysters, thyme, oregano and basil.
• 5 sift in flour, mixing constantly, until flour is cooked into butter.
• 6 whisk in one cup of oyster broth or oyster liquid from prepackaged oysters, plus ½ cup of chicken broth, ½ cup cream and ¼ cup soy sauce.
• 7 now pour sauce through a sieve, removing any solids that do not pass through the holes in the sieve.
• 8 return remaining liquid sauce to skillet.
• 9 mixing constantly, cook sauce over medium heat until thickened. if not thickening properly, add a small amount of corn starch and water and cook over heat until thick enough.
• 10 if desired, add ground black pepper to taste.
• 11 *recipe does not indicate how long this will keep. yield given is a guess. when i make this myself i will update to more accurate number. prep and cooking times are approximate.