Irresistible Bang Bang Shrimp: The Perfect Appetizer to Impress
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 10 min
- Total
- 20 min
- Serves
- 4
- Calories
- 406 kcal
- Carbs
- 29.00 g
Ingredients
- 1 lbraw shrimp (deveined & peeled)
- —oil, for frying (canola, olive or avocado oil)
- ⅔ cupmayonnaise
- ¼ cupThai sweet chili sauce
- 1minced garlic clove
- 1 Tbspsriracha
- ½ cupwhole milk
- 2 Tbspsour cream
- 2 tsplemon juice
- ½ cupall-purpose flour
- ¼ cupcorn starch
- ½ tspsalt
- ¼ tspground black pepper
- ¼ tsppaprika
Instructions
- 1
Combine all the bang bang sauce ingredients in a medium bowl and set aside.
- 2
Devein and remove tails from the shrimp. Pat shrimp completely dry.
- 3
Set up a bowl and add the milk, sour cream, and lemon juice.
- 4
Set up a second bowl with the flour, cornstarch, salt, pepper, and paprika.
- 5
Dredge shrimp in the milk mixture, then generously coat it in the flour mixture. Place onto a platter and continue with the remaining shrimp.
- 6
Add 1-1 ½ inches of oil in a large skillet. Once the oil has reached 325°F, add the shrimp, but don’t overcrowd the skillet.
- 7
Fry the shrimp in batches for 2-3 minutes per side until the outside is golden-brown and the inside is cooked.
- 8
Once all the shrimp is cooked, pour the sauce over the shrimp and toss gently.
- 9
Serve and enjoy friends.