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Breaded Shrimp Recipe

Breaded Shrimp
One of my favorite things to order at a restaurant is a basket of breaded shrimp. I love seafood and when prepared correctly it has great flavor. Unfortunately, most frozen breaded shrimp from the store tends to be very disappointing. That’s where this recipe comes into play; here I have for you a simple and easy way to make perfectly crispy breaded shrimp at home. If you want you can butterfly the shrimp. I would recommend using larger shrimp as they are easier to work with but I actually used medium shrimp for this article. The method is very simple – the shrimp are first dipped in a light batter, and then rolled in a bread crumb mixture, repeated one time and then deep fried. That’s it; it’s as easy as that. For the bread crumb mixture, I added seasonings such as garlic and onion powder. Many other seasonings would go great with this as well so feel free to add anything you like. Serve your favor shrimp dipping sauce and fries. Enjoy.


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Breaded Shrimp Recipe

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Ingredients

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  • 1lb large shrimp (peel and deveined,  and butterflied if you choose)
  • 4 cups of water
  • 1 ½ cups of corn starch
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups breadcrumbs
  • ¾ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¾ teaspoon onion powder
  • Oil (for deep frying)

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl mix water, cornstarch and eggs. On a plate or using a shaker bag mix breadcrumbs, onion, and garlic powder.
  2. Dip the shrimp into the cornstarch mixture until completely coated and then roll them in the bread crumb mixture. Stir the cornstarch batter, and then dip the shrimp back into the mixture and roll in breadcrumbs once more.
  3. Deep fry shrimp in batches until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
  • Author: Bobby
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Bobby

Sunday 3rd of February 2013

amelia - the water goes into the cornstarch and egg mixture.

amelia

Sunday 3rd of February 2013

What is the four cups of water for?

Kabir

Saturday 27th of October 2012

This recipe does not work. Bread crumbs do not stic proprely. You need corn flour at one time to ensure the crumbs always stick to shrimps. I cannot remeber at what stage

Jerine Kain

Thursday 15th of December 2011

I made these and they were easy and delicious! I'm going to dip them in teriaki sauce.

Aaron

Friday 31st of December 2010

Followed recipe to the T. Shrimp did not stay breaded through deep frying. (made my own bread crumbs) thinking that may have been the problem. Flavor was awesome. Overall it was good, more grilled looking than fried. Without this recipe, I wouldn't have gotten the flavoring I did. I'll try it different next time. I also added a little cajun seasoning. Tasted great!! Thanks.