Deep-fried shrimp is a classic dish that has been enjoyed by people worldwide for centuries. The combination of the crispy outer and tender, succulent meat makes it a favorite appetizer or main course. With endless variations, the deep-fried shrimp can be seasoned, coated, and served in a variety of ways. Whether you prefer a simple batter or a more complex tempura-style coating, there is a recipe out there to suit every taste. So, let's dive into the world of deep-fried shrimp and discover the best recipe for you.
Here are our top 13 tried and tested recipes!
JAPANESE-STYLE DEEP-FRIED SHRIMP
Shrimp are seasoned and coated with crispy panko crumbs to make the easiest, tastiest deep-fried shrimp ever!
Provided by ait0shi
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Japanese
Time 20m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place the shrimp in a bowl and season with salt, pepper and garlic powder. In a small bowl, stir together the flour and paprika. Place eggs and panko crumbs into separate bowls.
- Heat the oil in a deep-fryer or deep skillet to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Dip each shrimp into the flour mixture, then into the egg, and finally into the panko crumbs to coat. Fry a few at a time until golden brown. This should take no longer than 5 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 630.1 calories, Carbohydrate 53.7 g, Cholesterol 249.6 mg, Fat 36.6 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 28.3 g, SaturatedFat 5.7 g, Sodium 763.1 mg, Sugar 0.4 g
DEEP-FRIED SHRIMP
Treat your family to these deep fried shrimps that are ready in 40 minutes - perfect for dinner.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Entree
Time 40m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In deep fryer or 4-quart Dutch oven, heat oil (2 to 3 inches) to 350°F.
- In shallow dish, mix flour, salt and pepper. In another shallow dish, beat eggs slightly with fork or whisk. In third shallow dish, place bread crumbs. Pat shrimp dry with paper towels. Coat shrimp with flour mixture; dip into eggs, then coat with bread crumbs.
- Fry 4 or 5 shrimp at a time in oil about 1 minute, turning once, until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 300, Carbohydrate 27 g, Cholesterol 215 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 19 g, SaturatedFat 2 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 920 mg, Sugar 2 g, TransFat 0 g
DEEP-FRIED SHRIMP POTATO BALLS RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: raw shrimps, salt, pepper, russet potatoes, butter, egg yolk, salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder, flour, flour, egg, panko breadcrumb, oil
Provided by Tasty
Categories Appetizers
Yield 15 balls
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Peel off the shrimp skin (leave the tail on) and salt and pepper the shrimp for seasoning.
- Cook the potatoes, mash them into small crumbs and add in butter and egg yolk. (If the texture is too wet, go ahead and add in some flour.)
- Mix until smooth and then add in salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder for seasoning, mix well.
- Take about ⅓ cup mashed potato, form into a ball shape, poke a hole on the top, then put a shrimp inside, cover the shrimp well, and tighten the ball.
- Dip the ball into flour, egg wash, and panko, and make sure the ball is fully covered well with all three ingredients. If needed, refrigerate the balls before frying.
- Heat the oil between 350ºF to 375ºF (180ºC to 190ºC), then fry the shrimp ball until the outside is golden brown.
- Let it cool down a bit, and then serve it right away with any kind of sauce.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 105 calories, Carbohydrate 12 grams, Fat 3 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 5 grams, Sugar 0 grams
DEEP-FRIED COCONUT SHRIMP
Make and share this Deep-Fried Coconut Shrimp recipe from Food.com.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Coconut
Time 15m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Combine eggs, cayenne and seasoning salt in shallow pan.
- Place flour in another shallow pan.
- Combine breadcrumbs and coconut in third pan.
- Dredge shrimp in flour, shaking off excess.
- Holding shrimp by tail, dip into eggs and then roll in breadcrumb mixture, coating thoroughly.
- Heat oil in deep-fryer.
- Add shrimp in batches (do not crowd) and fry until golden-brown, about 3 minutes.
- Transfer to paper towels to drain.
- Serve immediately with sauce.
- For Pineapple Plum Sauce: Combine pineapple and plum sauce in small bowl.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
DEEP FRIED SHRIMP
I had planned the shrimp to go into a seafood pasta dish but Eric wanted rice so I looked around for things to make a batter to deep fry them, here is what I came up with. I like the waffle batter because it has a slight sweetness to it that pancake batter doesn't have
Provided by Stormy Stewart
Categories Seafood
Time 15m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- 1. Mix the batter ingredients with enough water to make a good batter. I didn't make mine too thick. Dredge the shrimp through the batter and drop into hot oil 6-8 at a time. they cook fast so be prepared with a slotted spoon to remove them with. Continue until all are cooked.
DEEP FRIED FISH OR SHRIMP
Steps:
- First the batter: combine the water, milk, flour, vinegar, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Mix well and let sit for a half-hour at room temperature. Heat up the oil in the deep fryer. Dip fish or shrimp in the batter and then drop in deep fryer (but avoid overcrowding). Cook until fish or shrimp rises to the top (2-3 minutes). Remove and allow to drain on plate or dish covered with paper towels. Servce with lemon and/or cocktail sauce.
DEEP-FRIED SALT AND PEPPER SHRIMP
Appetizers of deep-fried shrimp seasoned with just the right spices!
Provided by Laguna Lala
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Seafood Shrimp
Time 30m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Cut off feathery legs and hard pointed area right above the tail of each shrimp. Rinse shrimp and dry thoroughly.
- Combine salt, pepper, and 5-spice powder in a small bowl.
- Heat oil in wok or a heavy pot over high heat until your deep fry thermometer reaches 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Cook shrimp, about 5 per batch, in the hot oil until shrimp are bright pink and cooked through, about 1 minute. Remove shrimp with a slotted spoon and transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Return oil temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) before each new batch.
- Discard the oil in the wok and heat wok over medium-high heat; add deep-fried shrimp and spice mix and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 141.9 calories, Carbohydrate 0.2 g, Cholesterol 86.3 mg, Fat 11.5 g, Protein 9.3 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, Sodium 264.2 mg
VIETNAMESE DEEP FRIED SHRIMP WITH DIPPING SAUCE
While studying up on Vietnamese cooking, I came across this recipe, which sounded easy and delicious for our wine-time. I wondered if I could use cornstarch in place of tapioca starch and learned that cornstarch would turn mushy, while the tapioca starch will remain crispy. I could find tapioca flour in my store but not tapioca...
Provided by Chef Potpie (Laurel)
Categories Seafood Appetizers
Time 10m
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- 1. Mix dipping sauce ingredients together and allow to sit for a day. Can be refrigerated for 2 weeks.
- 2. Next day, in a medium bowl, mix together bouillon powder, salt and white pepper, and toss the shrimp with this mixture until evenly coated. Allow to marinate for 15 minutes.
- 3. Now, while oil is heating to 375, add tapioca starch to shrimp, and toss to coat evenly.
- 4. Deep fry the shrimp in small batches for 3 minutes, until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve immediately with dipping sauce.
DEEP-FRIED COCONUT SHRIMP
Plan ahead the battered shrimp needs to be refrigerated for a minimum of 5 hours or up to 24 hours before frying, make certain not to use longer shreds of coconut or they will not stick and please use a good-quality coconut for the shrimp, Mounds brand works well for this purchase uncooked shrimp with tails left on leave the tail on the shrimp!
Provided by Kittencalrecipezazz
Categories Christmas
Time 5h5m
Yield 25 shrimp
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- NOTE; the shrimp must be chilled for at least 5-24 hours (the longer chilling time the better it will be).
- In a medium bowl whisk egg with 1/2 cup flour, beer and baking powder until well combined.
- Prepare two separate bowls, place 1/3 cup flour in one bowl and the coconut in the other bowl.
- Holding the shrimp by the tail dredge firstly in flour shaking off any excess flour, then dip in the beer batter allowing excess to drip off.
- Roll the shrimp in coconut pressing down slightly with fingers to adhere the coconut to the shrimp.
- Repeat with all remaining shrimp.
- Place onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Refrigerate for a minimum of 5-24 hours.
- Heat oil in a deep-fryer or in a large heavy pot to 350°F.
- Fry the shrimp in batches turning once until golden brown.
- Carefully using tongs remove to a brown paper bag or paper towels to drain.
DEEP FRIED SHRIMP
Steps:
- In a medium size mixing bowl combine shrimp, salt and pepper; stir.
- Heat oil in a medium size saucepan. In another medium size mixing bowl stir together eggs, flour and baking powder. Dredge shrimp in egg mixture then fry in oil until they are golden.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 493 calories, Carbohydrate 24.8 g, Cholesterol 708.9 mg, Fat 15 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 61.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.5 g, Sodium 1092.3 mg, Sugar 0.6 g
DEEP-FRIED SHRIMP DIP II
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- 1. Combine all ingredients, blending well. 2. Serve in a dip dish. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.
Nutrition Facts : Nutritional Facts Serves
DEEP FRIED BEAN CURD WITH DRIED SHRIMP SAUCE
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Soak dried shrimp.2. Deep-fry bean curd as in "Deep Fried Bean Curd Stir Fried with Mushrooms and Broccoli" recipe. Mince scallion. Combine stock, sherry, salt and soy sauce.3. Heat oil. Add scallion and soaked shrimp stir-fry a few times. Add stock mixture and heat quickly. Then simmer, covered, 5 minutes.4. Add deep-fried bean curd cubes stir in only to heat through. Meanwhile, blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste then stir in to thicken.VARIATION: For the dried shrimp and scallion, substitute 1 tablespoon brown bean sauce, mashed, and 1 garlic clove, minced stir-fry as in step 3. Thenadd plain stock (omit the sherry, salt and soy sauce). In step 4, add 2 tablespoons oyster sauce with the bean curd cubes.
Nutrition Facts : Nutritional Facts Serves
DEEP-FRIED SHRIMP WITH CROUTONS
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Deep-fry shrimp (from the Edit Tap, click to open recipe and follow instructions) but only for 1 to 2 minutes. 2. Remove bread crusts and cut bread in 2-inch cubes (or approximately the size of the shrimp). Slice water chestnuts. 3· In one cup, combine soy sauce, sherry, salt and sugar. In another cup, blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste. 4. Reheat deep-frying oil. Add bread cubes and deep-fry until golden. Drain on paper toweling arrange on a serving platter. 5. Heat remaining oil. Add water chestnuts stir-fry a few times. Add deep-fried shrimp stir-fry 1/2 minute to reheat. 6. Add soy-sherry mixture and bring quickly to a boil. Then simmer, covered, 2 minutes. 7. Stir in cornstarch paste to thicken. Spoon mixture over bread cubes and serve at once. NOTE: Slightly stale bread is best for the croutons.The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.
Nutrition Facts : Nutritional Facts Serves
Tips:
- Use fresh and large shrimp for the best texture and flavor.
- To devein the shrimp, make a shallow cut along the back of the shrimp and remove the dark vein.
- Soak the shrimp in a buttermilk marinade for at least 30 minutes before frying. This will help to tenderize the shrimp and make them more flavorful.
- Use a light and fluffy batter for the shrimp. A simple batter made with flour, eggs, and milk is a good option.
- Heat the oil to 375 degrees Fahrenheit before frying the shrimp. This will help to ensure that the shrimp cook evenly and quickly.
- Fry the shrimp for 2-3 minutes, or until they are golden brown and cooked through.
- Serve the shrimp immediately with your favorite dipping sauce.
Conclusion:
Deep-fried shrimp is a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed as an appetizer, main course, or snack. With a few simple tips, you can make perfect deep-fried shrimp at home that will impress your family and friends. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy meal, give this recipe a try.
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