Who doesn’t love crispy fried shrimp?
It’s something about eating Creole Fried Shrimp that just makes me very happy!
I believe well seasoned, fried perfectly, spicy shrimp, is just pure food goodness.
It really doesn’t get any better than that when it comes to seafood eating!
The key to perfect shrimp is large shrimp!
I don’t care what Big Goo says BIG SHRIMP is the key!
I think everyone knows Big Goo is a tad bit frugal…i.e. CHEAP!
Back to the shrimp folks!
First, start off with a big batch of corn flour.
Corn flour is equal parts of cornmeal and flour, that’s well seasoned of course.
Secondly, HOT GREASE!
Yep, you need your grease to be the perfect temperature of 350 degrees for that very crispy crust.
That’s it folks, BTW, please, please, please, don’t over cook the shrimp.
It should take less than 5 minutes, 4 minutes to be on the safe side.
Oh, YES, that’s spicy Sriracha sauce for dipping!
You gotta dip when you’re Creole eating!
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 20 jumbo shrimp, peeled, deveined
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon sandwich mustard
- 2 teaspoons creole seasoning
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- pinch of cayenne pepper
- cooking oil
- lemon
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons creole seasoning
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoons Sriracha
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce, low sodium
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Pre heat oil in a large pot to 350 degrees.
- Rinse, peel, devein shrimp, leave tail intact if desired.
- Mix egg with hot sauce and mustard.
- Place shrimp in a large bowl, coat with spices, egg/hot sauce mixture and set aside.
- Mix all ingredients together in a freezer bag, shake well.
- Dip shrimp in the corn flour, coat well, and place into hot oil, making sure not to overcrowd the pan.
- I would do this in 2-3 batches.
- Cook shrimp for 2 minutes on each side.
- Drain on paper napkin.
- Squeeze a little lemon juice on hot shrimp if desired.
- Serve with Sriracha dipping sauce.
- Mix all ingredients together. Chill until ready to use.
