- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 2 servings
John Ondo’s Lowcountry riff on classic Oysters Rockefeller includes bacon, pimiento cheese and collard greens, plus a topping of buttery toasted crackers.
Ingredient:
- 1/2 cup chopped bacon (from about 3 slices)
- 1/2 cup finely chopped red onion (from 1 small onion)
- 1/2 cup finely chopped green bell pepper (from 1 bell pepper)
- 1/2 cup chopped celery (from 2 medium stalks)
- 1 cup finely chopped fresh collard greens (1 1/2 ounces)
- 2 cups pimiento cheese (store-bought or homemade)
- Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste
- Oysters Rockefeller
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 sleeve round butter crackers (such as Ritz) crushed (about 1 1/2 cups)
- Rock salt (ice cream salt), as needed (see note)
- 3 dozen Lowcountry oysters, shucked and heeled (separate oysters from back of shell)
