Recipe: Fried Clams (Betty Crocker Old-Fashioned Cookbook)

FRIED CLAMS

Vegetable oil (for frying)
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1 pint shucked clams (about 3 1/2 dozen in the shell)
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups dry bread crumbs

Heat the oil (1 to 1 1/2-inches) in a Dutch oven to 375 degrees F.

Mix the flour, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Beat the eggs in another bowl. Place the bread crumbs in another bowl.

Cut large clams in half. Coat the clams with flour mixture. Dip into eggs, then coat with the bread crumbs.

Fry in the hot oil for 1 to 2 minutes or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

Makes about 6 servings
Source: Betty Crocker's Old Fashioned Cookbook