Beer Batter Oysters - cooking recipe

Ingredients

40 oysters
1 egg
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 c. beer
3 or 4 drops red hot sauce
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. coarse pepper
1/4 tsp. lemon juice

Preparation

Sift flour and salt into a bowl.
Mix in pepper.
Beat the egg and oil together and mix in hot sauce, beer and lemon juice. Gradually add this to the flour.
Stir well to avoid a lumpy batter.
Pat oysters dry on paper towel and put 5 or 6 at a time in the batter.
Coat oysters evenly.
Take oysters from batter and place in hot oil at 375\u00b0 for about 1 minute or until brown.
Remove from oil and place on paper towel.