Evelyn’s Two-Pound Seafood Platter

  0.0 – 0 reviews  • Main Dish
Level: Intermediate
Total: 1 hr 25 min
Active: 50 min
Yield: 2 to 4 servings
Level: Intermediate
Total: 1 hr 25 min
Active: 50 min
Yield: 2 to 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 2 cups mayonnaise
  2. 1 cup sugar
  3. 2 tablespoons white vinegar
  4. Seasoning salt, to taste
  5. 6 pounds chopped cabbage, carrots and radish mix (purchase pre-shredded to speed up the process)
  6. Canola oil, for frying
  7. 4 cups fritter mix
  8. 12 ounce chopped ocean clams and their juice
  9. 3/4 cups hot water, or what is needed to make the batter light and fluffy
  10. 15 ounces french fries
  11. 8 ounces codfish
  12. 7 ounces sea scallops
  13. 4 medium shrimp
  14. 7 ounces whole belly frying clams
  15. 8 ounces calamari rings and tentacles
  16. 1/2 white onion, sliced into thin rings
  17. 5 cups clam fry breader
  18. Good quality tartar sauce, for serving

Instructions

  1. For the coleslaw: In a large bowl combine the mayo, sugar, white vinegar and seasoning salt and mix well. Toss in the chopped cabbage, carrots and radishes and mix. Refrigerate.
  2. For the clam cake: Preheat a deep-fryer to 325 degrees F.
  3. Combine the fritter mix with the ocean clams and juice in a bowl. Add the hot water slowly until the batter is light and fluffy. With a 4-inch scoop, drop the clam cakes into the deep-fryer. Cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the oil and set aside.
  4. For the seafood platter: Fry the french fries until golden, about 10 minutes. Keeping them separate, coat the codfish, scallops, shrimp, clams, calamari and onion rings in the clam fry breader, shaking off the excess. Fry until golden, in this order: codfish, 10 minutes, scallops, 9 minutes, shrimp, 8 minutes, clams, 7 minutes, calamari, 7 minutes and onion rings, 6 minutes. On a large platter, place the french fries, coleslaw, tartar sauce and two clam cakes. Top the french fries with the cooked calamari, scallops, shrimp, clams, fish and onion rings.

 

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