Clams Casino

• 50 littleneck clams
• 10 slices of bacon, cooked crispy
• 1/2 cup garlic butter, my recipe attached in direction step #8
• 1/4 cup fresh breadcrumbs from french bread
• 2 tbsp panko breadcrumbs
• 2 tbsp romano cheese, grated
• 1/4 cup Barbeque sauce, your favorite or my ecipe attached in direction step# 6
• 1 tsp sriracha seasoning salt
• 1 recipe my Basic Barbeque Sauce, attached in direction step# 6
• 1 recipe my Garlic Butter, attached in direction step# 7

1. Scrub clams with fresh water to remove any dirt.
2. Preheat oven to 425.
3. Line a baking sheet with foil, place clams in a single layer on foil
4. Heat in oven just until they crack open, about 5 minutes
5. Pry open clams and discard top shell, collect all liquid that drains out
6. Combine breadcrumbs, panko, romano ,and sriracha seasoning in a bowl
7. add clams back to foil lined pan
8. top each clam with a drop of barbeque sauce, about 1/2 teaspoon.
9. My Basic Barbeque sauce attached below
10. Sprinkle breadcrumb mixture lightly on each barbeque sauced clam
11. Put a small cube of garlic butte, ( my recipe for Garlic butter attached below ) on top of crumbs, about 1 teaspoon on each
12. Top with Bacon and return to oven just to melt butter and heat through, 5 minutesL serve hot.
13. Hint, if you have difficulty prying open shells to remove top shell slide a dull butter knife in crack and twist to open.

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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/367545-clams-casino (may not work)