Breaded Shrimp

Submitted by Shesbittersweet

• Ready In: 18mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb large shrimp (peel and deveined, and butterflied if you choose)
• 4 cups water
• 1 1⁄2 cups cornstarch
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups breadcrumbs
• 3⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon onion powder
• oil (for deep frying)

directions

1. In a large bowl mix water, cornstarch and eggs. On a plate or using a shaker bag mix breadcrumbs, onion and garlic powder.
2. Dip the shrimp into the cornstarch mixture until completely coated and then roll them in the bread crumb mixture. Stir the cornstarch batter, and then dip the shrimp back into the mixture and roll in breadcrumbs once more.
3. Deep fry shrimp in batches until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

Reviews

[dawn w.]

A few problems with this recipe. 1) Breading didn't stick, despite two dredges through both bowls of stuff; 2) Huge waste of ingredients. Four cups of water when one would have sufficed (though since it didn't stick anyway, why bother?), same with the cornstarch and breadcrumbs. Most everything was tossed rather than consumed.

 

[Grma]

What wiil keep breadcrumbs on shrimp once it is covered in cornstarch? It doesn't work for pork or chicken unless u wet it with an egg or buttermilk dredge.