Easy Appetizer Recipes
The Best Deep Fried Shrimp Recipe
If you like hot appetizers shrimp are a great ingredient to use. These deep fried battered shrimp are beautiful alone or with a sweet chili dip. A creamy dip would also be nice with these big fried shrimp or you could serve them with a selection of dips so people can use the one they want.
The batter, which is made with cornmeal, cream and more, is crispy and flavorful. These shrimp appetizers take only minutes to make and they taste delicious. It is best to use the biggest shrimp you can get. They cook quickly and they are better for making easy shrimp appetizers. You might like to double up on this shrimp party appetizers recipe because they are sure to disappear in no time.
Deep fried shrimp is a very easy appetizer and a very simple concept but the flavor is simply divine. Imagine the crispy batter, the juicy shrimp, and the tang of lemon juice squeezed over the top. This is a delicious recipe for any season or any event. You can deep fry all kinds of fish but there is something special and unique about the shrimp flavor. Shrimp appetizers are always popular at buffets and dinner parties, like other seafood appetizers.
Hot and Tasty Fried Shrimp Appetizers
Ingredients -
3 cups large peeled, de-veined shrimp
½ cup flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ cup yellow cornmeal
¼ teaspoon black pepper
½ cup half and half
1 ¾ teaspoons salt
1 beaten egg
Oil to deep fry
Fresh parsley, black olives and lemon slices to garnish
Preparation:
Season the shrimp with all but ¼ teaspoon of the salt and the pepper.
Stand at room temperature for 15 minutes. Combine the cornmeal, half and half, baking powder, cream, egg, and the rest of the salt in a mixing bowl until smooth.
Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a deep fryer.
Stir the shrimp into the batter mixture, and then drop them into the fat in batches, frying until golden brown.
This takes about 3 minutes per batch.
Serve hot on a plate garnished with parsley, lemon slices, and black olives.
(Serves 8)
Photo Description:
These shrimp appetizers are hot, succulent, and delicious. The smell of deep fried shrimp is really good and you will find that these shrimp appetizers disappear quickly, as your guests cannot get enough of them! Deep frying is a good idea for making easy party appetizers because you can make a lot of recipes in advance and it only takes about three minutes to deep fry a batch of these shrimp appetizers, which is good news if you run out of them and have to make more, or if you have a large number to make at once.
