Ingredients
- Smoking mix
- 1/4 cup jasmine rice
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup jasmine tea
- Salsa
- 12 oysters, rinsed to remove grit*
- 1/2 avocado, finely diced
- 1/2 small cucumber, seeds removed, finely diced
- 1/2 bunch chives, finely sliced
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground white pepper
- 1 tbsp lemon, juiced
- Olive oil
- * This is the only time I would suggest washing seafood with water as it removes the flavour - but grit will be stuck to the oyster once it is smoked.
Method
Line the bottom of a wok with a double layer of foil, leaving plenty of foil to the sides. Fold the excess foil over to create a "bowl" in the base of the wok. The "bowl" should be about 15cm in diameter on a regular-sized wok. Mix the rice, sugar and tea and place on the foil to an even thickness, about 1cm. Take a wok steaming rack and sit it above the smoking mix. Put oysters on rack.
Place over a high heat and, once smoke starts to billow, cover with a domed lid or another wok turned upside down. Smoke on high heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow it to sit for 5 minutes before removing the lid. Make sure the extractor fan is on or the windows are open. Once cool enough, remove oysters and chop roughly.
Place in a bowl with avocado, cucumber and chives. Season well with salt, pepper, lemon juice and olive oil.
Stir gently and serve on Chinese spoons or in washed-and-dried oyster shells.
