Corn Shrimps

Name: Corn Shrimps
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 lb shrimp (jumbo mine netted 17 shrimps YRMV); 1.5 cup milk; ½ cup flour (self rising); ½ cup corn meal; 2 oz egg (1 egg); 1 tbs Cottonmouth; ½ tsp pepper; ¾ tsp salt; 6 cup vegetable oil (or peanut oil for frying)

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Fried shrimps haven’t been my thing for 40+ years because when I was knee high to a snakes ass I caught the flu after I ate them. I don’t know if that’s an old wives’ tale but I went strictly boiled shrimp after that. Anyways these were going to be Southern style fried with cornmeal but I decided to play with my food again. They turned out great with a sort of corn dog type batter I intend to play with more soon.

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Style Southern, Texan

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Servings

Calories 614kcal

Author Shawn

Ingredients

1 lb shrimp (jumbo mine netted 17 shrimps YRMV)
1.5 cup milk
½ cup flour (self rising)
½ cup corn meal
2 oz egg (1 egg)
1 tbs Cottonmouth
½ tsp pepper
¾ tsp salt
6 cup vegetable oil (or peanut oil for frying)

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Instructions

In a medium pot or whatever you like to fry stuff in fill it with the vegetable oil.
Put a thermometer in the oil so it’s not touching bottom.
In a large bowl add the egg, milk, Cottonmouth, salt, and pepper.
Beat it with a whisk until it’s mixed well.
Add the corn meal and flour and mix until smooth.
Heat the oil to 360
While oil is heating up clean your thawed shrimp. You can leave tail on or tail off.
Set up a cookie sheet with a brown paper bag on top of it. Paper towels will work.
Dip your shrimp in the batter to cover shrimp meat and carefully drop in oil.
I only do 6 shrimp per batch. This will drop the oil temperature but recover easily.
Try to fry the shrimp at no less the 350 degrees.
When the shrimp turn golden brown at about 2 to 3 minutes remove them to the cookie sheet with metal tongs or handled strainer.
Do the rest of the shrimp batches until done.
Optionally, when the shrimp is done you can take spoon fulls of the batter and drizzle in the hot oil to make delicious crispies. You’ll need a metal strainer with handle to get the our effectively.

➕ Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Corn Shrimps

Amount Per Serving (355 g)

Calories 614 Calories from Fat 360

% Daily Value*

Fat 40g62%

Saturated Fat 29g181%

Cholesterol 348mg116%

Sodium 1386mg60%

Potassium 358mg10%

Carbohydrates 33g11%

Fiber 3g13%

Sugar 5g6%

Protein 32g64%

Vitamin A 645IU13%

Vitamin C 4.7mg6%

Calcium 282mg28%

Iron 4.3mg24%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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