Panko crusted Hama Hama Oysters from the Hood Canal in Washington State, quickly fried in canola oil served on a handmade corn tortilla with napa cabbage, sliced serrano chile, cilantro, ají amarillo crema, and a squeeze of lime.
One of life’s small pleasures is a fresh homemade tortilla. Buy tortilla masa from the refrigerated section. Knead the masa until it is soft and pliable, then form a ball. Place the masa ball between plastic wrap on the tortilla press, then firmly close the press. Lay dough on a hot heavy skillet for about 30 seconds per side.
For a change from the now ubiquitous chipotle cream sauce try making a sauce with chiles from Peru. Ají amarillo is one of my favorites, it is a lovely yellow color, quite hot but with a slightly fruity extraordinary flavor. You can buy ají amarillo paste in a jar (middle right). Mix the paste with Crema Mexicana or sour cream. I find it in the Peruvian section at my local supermercado.
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Hi Susan – I also make Papas a la Huancaina with the aji amarillo. Peruvian Potatoes. Delicious. I will post soon.
Laurie – I hope you make them, it is easy and special to make tortillas by hand.
Bless you and your family, I am happy and proud to have you as my blog friend. Would love to hear more about their house building mission. Where did they go?
Hi Lissa!
Sure! Glad to know you and your blog too! I will link your blog next time I post Hama Hama Oysters (love ’em). Happy to have you post my photos. The recipe is fabulous, you should try that aji amarillo sauce with your fried oysters, if you can’t find it up there, let me know and I’ll send you a jar of the paste.
Whoops! This is Lissa from the Hama Hama company, realizing I didn’t give you my contact info. You can email me at orders@hamahamastore.com.
Thanks! Have a great day.
Hi I love this blog and the oyster tacos look amazing. The photography is beautiful. I was wondering if it would be o.k. with you if I posted the photo of panko-encrusted Hama Hama’s on the Hama Hama company blog, http://www.hamahamaoysters.com/blog. We’d just post the photo and a link to your site. Let us know! Thanks.