The success of these trial runs helped persuade the Johnsons to open their very own restaurant.
“I had considered doing the identical menu we had in Pennsylvania, with the seafood boils,” Johnson stated. “However the price of crab greater than doubled, so we determined to remodel the menu.”
Whereas crab boils might not be part of the Tulsa Chippers’ menu, quite a lot of different aquatic proteins, comparable to catfish, salmon, tilapia and shrimp, is offered, in preparations that vary from the pretty easy to the quite extravagant.
For instance, the tilapia New Orleans ($19) facilities on grilled or fried fillets served on a mattress of rice and liberally doused with a “Cajun Shrimp and Crab Alfredo” sauce.
We selected the grilled choice; the fish was properly cooked, though some bites carried a muddy style the place the fillet had not been correctly trimmed. The sauce, nevertheless, was richly flavored, with a light spiciness, and stocked with tender, juicy shrimp.
This sauce is used to prime plenty of objects, from hen tenders to baked potatoes to one among Chippers’ extra uncommon creations, the stuffed smoked turkey leg.
“That’s one thing I got here throughout in Texas, and I believed it might work nicely right here,” Johnson stated. “It was all the time a well-liked factor once we have been at Mom Highway Market, and it’s been pretty in style.”
