1 lb raw shrimp with the tails on – it’s that frozen blue bag at Costco – you only need half of it.
1/3 cup flour
2/3 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3 egg whites
1/3 cup water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Panko bread crumbs
Whisk together the flour, cornstarch, salt, baking powder, egg whites, water and oil in a bowl or whatever vessel you prefer. Let’s look at those ingredients for a minute. I’m pretty sure that if you take out the baking powder and oil, we’ve just made Gorilla Glue. Keep this in mind and wash this vessel as soon as you’re done with it.
Pour the Panko bread crumbs into a pie plate or whatever clever device you’ve found to replace that.
Dip the shrimpies into the batter and then roll them around in the breadcrumbs. They like this part.
Fry the shrimps until they are a nice golden brown – they might not be so fond of this part but it doesn’t matter. They are food.
Drain on paper towels or newspaper or a Trader Joe’s bag, you know, something like that.
Serve them with a good cocktail sauce.
Now, I know that I just said that I don’t like to fry stuff, but this is another anomaly that’s just too good.
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