Chicken-Fried Oysters with Garlic-Dill Pickle Sauce

Ingredients

• • Peanut oil

  • 1 quart all-purpose flour

  • 1 1/2 tbsp. paprika

  • 1 1/2 tbsp. garlic powder

  • 2 tbsp. Old Bay Seasoning

  • 2 tsp. celery seed

  • 1 1/2 tbsp. onion powder

  • 2 tsp. thyme powder

  • 2 heaping tsp. cayenne

  • 3 tbsp. kosher salt

  • 2 tsp. black pepper

  • 4 cups shucked select oysters

• Roasted Garlic–Dill Pickle Sauce

  • 10 garlic cloves, stems removed

  • Olive oil

  • 1 cup Duke's mayonnaise

  • 2 dill pickles, finely chopped

  • 1 tbsp. fresh dill, minced

  • Juice from 1/4 lemon

  • 1/4 tsp. cayenne

  • 1/2 tsp. kosher salt

  • Pinch white pepper