PREP TIME 50 mins
COOK TIME 12 mins
TOTAL TIME 1 hour 2 mins
Author: Joe
Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4 servings
INGREDIENTS
- 12 oz. shrimp, 60-80 size, raw, shelled and de-veined, thawed
- 1 to 1� cups buttermilk
- 3 to 4 cups sunflower oil (or other high smoke point oil)
- � cup cornstarch
- 2 tbsp panko breadcrumbs
- *1 tsp baking soda
- Lettuce
- green onions
Sauce
- ? cup mayonnaise, (or Miracle Whip for slightly sweeter sauce)
- 3 tbsp Mae Ploy sweet chili sauce
- 2 tbsp Huy Fong chili garlic sauce
INSTRUCTIONS
- Place thawed shrimp in a bowl and cover with buttermilk, soak for 30 minutes or more
- Mix cornstarch, panko crumbs and baking soda in a shallow bowl.
- Place cooking oil in a 2 quart sauce pan and heat oil to 375�
- Remove 10 to 12 shrimp from the buttermilk, pat dry on paper towels, coat with cornstarch/panko mixture, place shrimp in a spider mesh basket and lower into hot oil. (You can also carefully lower the shrimp into the oil one at a time, fry and remove from the oil with a spider).
- Fry for 2 minutes, or until the shrimp is medium browned.
- Remove the shrimp and place on a cooling rack.
- Repeat for the remaining shrimp.
- Coat the shrimp with the sauce, serve on a bed of chopped lettuce, garnish with chopped green onion.
Sauce
- Mix ingredients well in a small bowl, set aside
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