Hallo, this is Ben of His and Hers Alaska. Today Rebecca and I went clam
digging. And we showed you how to clean the clams in our previous video! Now
we're going to show you how we like to cook them! So I started off with the
fresh clams and I doctored all of them up with a little salt, pepper, parsley and a little
garlic powder... And then I put them in a beaten egg mixture. And now... We're going
to put them... Right in here! And this is saltines, flour and a little garlic
powder. And there's plenty of salt in the saltines and parsley... So just gonna dump
them all in here! Simple enough... Everything's in this bag! Make sure it's
sealed up well before you go do your shake and bake!... And granted on the video...
this will seem like it ahh... Came together really easy but it does take some time
preparing all the ingredients. We like to crumble our saltines with anything
that's rounded hard! I actually used the mason jar our coconut oil is in. We like
to use coconut oil... Avocado oil would be another good one! We just don't like to
use canola or regular old vegetable oil! You can find an organic Non GMO brand..
That would be good and that..Is probably a little contradictory because we're using a Saltine which are...
Probably chemically laden in themselves! But we're out camping and this is what
we have!...Well normally we buy organic healthy saltines but... Today they're from
the local animal chick general store... Because we forgot!... Okay, so we are going
to check our oil and... A little bit of water on your finger! Splash it, that's pretty much the technique!... Now
we just simply put the clams in the oil... Frying is not a rocket science!
Try not to put too many in at one time because you will drop the temperature of
your oil and.... Oil needs to be nice and hot to cook everything properly! Now
these do not need a long time to cook... All we're essentially doing is looking
to get the dredge in the flour and salt nice and brown! And the
clams will take care of themselves from there...Those are looking really good!
And ideally you only want to flip your fried food once. And I'm also that way of
when I barbecue, flip it once!
Are you exhausted after today?.. It's been a long day!... Okay since this is a real meal, I
realized that I made a mistake! And I'm not gonna go.... You know, trying to fix it!
But I noticed that the dredging is not sticking on the clams as well... And I
forgot a step.... So what you need to do is dredge your clams in flour before you
put them in the egg. And then go from the egg to your saltine and flour and
seasoning mixture!... And I'm ready to flip now... And trust me this will not affect
the flavor. These are still gonna be an amazing meal! But.... It won't cook quite as well!
And look at that!
Alright! So another couple of minutes just until the redding gets nice and brown..
Now it's time to pull these clams out!... And I always like to set them on a paper
towel.... Listen that excess oil drain off.. Now these will have a nice little
coconut flavor because... I'm using coconut oil today.... But use whatever oil you like!
Voila! As Ivan would say! Hmm.... There we go! Just
to give you a sense of the length of the day... Ben and I got up this morning at
6:30! And we are now eating clams at 20 until
9:00 in the evening... So this is a long day but totally worth the wait!