Fried Oyster Po' Boys

Ingredients

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• ¼ cup minced sweet pickle
• 1 hard-boiled large egg, forced through a coarse sieve
• 2 tablespoons minced shallot
• 2 tablespoons drained bottled capers
• ½ teaspoon crumbled dried tarragon
• 2 tablespoons Creole or Dijon mustard
• + 8 more ingredients
• • 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley leaves
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • 24 shucked oysters, drained
  • yellow cornmeal, seasoned with freshly ground black pepper and cayenne, for coating
  • vegetable oil for deep-frying
  • 2 loaves soft-crusted French bread
  • sliced tomatoes
  • shredded iceberg lettuce

1. Make tartar sauce: In a small bowl stir together sauce ingredients. 2. In a heavy-duty plastic bag, working in batches of 6, coat oysters with cornmeal, knocking off excess. In a heavy kettle heat 1 1/2 inches of oil to 375°F. on a deep-fat thermometer and fry oysters in batches of 6, turnin...

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