Favorite Tempura Batter

"A thin batter used for coating deep fried shrimp or vegetables. Easy, crispy coating that taste great."
 
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photo by Crafty Lady 13
photo by Crafty Lady 13 photo by Crafty Lady 13
photo by Crafty Lady 13 photo by Crafty Lady 13
Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
7
Yields:
60 shrimp
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ingredients

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directions

  • Whisk the ingredients together and add the prepared veggies or shrimp into the bowl.
  • Fold to coat evenly.
  • Carefully drop individual pieces into hot oil of choice.
  • Fry until lightly browned.
  • Remove from oil with slotted utensil to paper towels.
  • Season to taste.

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Reviews

  1. This is a great quick way to bread some fish. I added some seasoning to the batter because my family likes spicy.
     
  2. This is a good recipe for tempura batter. It's not as good as my mom's was, but it does make a nice light and crispy batter. Since I only had small to medium-sized eggs, I used 2 eggs. I used rice flour instead of all-purpose flour and increased the rice flour to approximately 1/2 cup. Otherwise, I followed the recipe as written. It doesn't look like a lot of batter, but since it was so thin, I was able to coat one small chicken breast cut in chunks, about a cup of sliced zucchini, a cup of sliced sweet potatoes, about 1 1/2 cups of carrots cut in thin strips and about 1 1/2 cups of green beans (and still had a little batter left over). Everything fried up perfectly. Made for PAC Fall 2009.
     
  3. This recipe was ok. I liked it, but I was looking for a much lighter, thinner, and crispy coating. This was more of a heavy, gluey batter. I may try this again but I will thin it out a lot more next time. Thanks for the recipe!
     
  4. I used this tempura batter to fry pieces of fish and it worked out very well. I love the addition of the garlic powder. The batter is very thin, as you said, and I think next time I would add a couple of tablespoons of flour. It did run off the fish quite a bit. We really enjoyed this thin, crisp coating. Thanks, Brenda!
     
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  1. This is a good recipe for tempura batter. It's not as good as my mom's was, but it does make a nice light and crispy batter. Since I only had small to medium-sized eggs, I used 2 eggs. I used rice flour instead of all-purpose flour and increased the rice flour to approximately 1/2 cup. Otherwise, I followed the recipe as written. It doesn't look like a lot of batter, but since it was so thin, I was able to coat one small chicken breast cut in chunks, about a cup of sliced zucchini, a cup of sliced sweet potatoes, about 1 1/2 cups of carrots cut in thin strips and about 1 1/2 cups of green beans (and still had a little batter left over). Everything fried up perfectly. Made for PAC Fall 2009.
     

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