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Crispy Buffalo Shrimp

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Crispy Buffalo Shrimp — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds medium shrimp with tails, peeled and deveined
  • Freshly-squeezed lemon juice
  • Cornmeal
  • ⅓ cup melted unsalted butter
  • 3 tbsp salt
  • 3 tbsp freshly-ground black pepper
  • ⅓ cup hot sauce
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 3 cloves garlic, smashed and very finely minced
  • 2 ½ quarts peanut oil

Instructions

  1. 1
    Combine butter, hot sauce, soy, and garlic. Set aside.
  2. 2
    Dip shrimp into lemon juice. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  3. 3
    Dredge shrimp into cornmeal. Let rest 2–3 minutes.
  4. 4
    Heat oil to 375°F. Fry shrimp in batches until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Drain on a cooling rack.
  5. 5
    Toss shrimp in butter mixture. Serve warm with blue cheese dressing, if desired.
Category
Entree/Main
Method
Frying

Dietary Information

Halal

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Crispy_Buffalo_Shrimp