Shrimp in batter is not only a nutritious product, but also an excellent diet dish, which is most often used as an ideal light snack for wine or beer. For their preparation, there are many interesting recipes. Basically, all options come down to deep-fried seafood. And the main difference is the composition of the batter used. In addition, there are small subtleties of technology that you also need to know in order to learn how to cook such a dish yourself. To do this, it is worth considering in detail several of the most interesting recipes.
Shrimp in plain batter
To cook the most ordinary shrimp in batter, you need to prepare the following ingredients:
- 0.5 kilograms of fresh shrimp;
- 30 grams of potato starch;
- 1 tablespoon of water;
- 5 grams of salt;
- 140-150 grams of wheat flour;
- 12 grams of soda (or baking powder);
- sunflower oil.
Once all the products are complete, you can get started:
- Boil water in a deep pan.
- Dip the shrimp into it. After 2 minutes, throw them into a colander and let the food cool.
- Clear shells of shell. In this case, the tail can be left.
- Now make a batter. To do this, combine the flour in a deep bowl with salt and starch.
- Gradually adding cold water, knead the dough of medium consistency.
- Put it in the refrigerator for about half an hour.
- Pour oil into a preheated pan.
- Take out the dough and add soda (slaked vinegar) to it and mix well. The mass will begin to bubble.
- Peeled shrimp, first, pan in flour, and then dip in cooked batter and dip in boiling oil. The dough around the clam is baked instantly, forming a ruddy cake.
- Remove the finished products with a slotted spoon and lay them on a napkin to remove excess fat from them.
It turns out amazing shrimp in batter, which can be eaten just like that or served with various sauces.
Beer Shrimp
Shrimps in batter prepared with chilled beer will be equally delicious. It is thanks to this component that a pleasant crisp forms on the surface of the finished product. In this case, in addition to the shrimp themselves, a slightly different set of products will be needed:
- 160-180 milliliters of light chilled beer;
- 1 cup flour;
- salt;
- 1 egg white
- 300-350 grams of vegetable oil;
- ginger sauce.
The following technology is used for such a dish:
- Thaw the shrimp (if necessary), and then pour them over with boiling water and put them in a colander to allow the glass to water.
- After this treatment, it will be much easier to clean the clams. First, each shrimp needs to remove its head, and then carefully remove the shell. Only pure meat will remain. Sometimes, for the external effect, the tail is also kept.
- For batter, pour the flour into a bowl, and then slowly pour the beer, constantly stirring with a spoon.
- Add 2-3 pinches of salt.
- Separately, whip the protein into foam.
- Carefully attach it to the total mass.
- Dip each shrimp by the tail, dip in batter, and then throw in boiling vegetable oil.
Finished products must first be held on a paper towel, and then laid on a dish and served with hot ginger sauce.
Japanese tempura
Tempura is a special category of Japanese cuisine. Their distinctive feature is that various products are first cooked in batter and then deep-fried. Today, such dishes are especially popular. One of the options for tempura is shrimp in batter. The recipe for their preparation in Japanese requires the following components:
- 500 grams of large shrimp;
- 5 grams of salt;
- 300 milliliters of ice water;
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder;
- 10 milliliters of sesame oil;
- 160 grams of flour;
- any vegetable refined oil (for frying).
The cooking process can be divided into several stages:
- Remove all shrimp from shell. On each of them, make a cross-shaped incision from the inside. After that, the clam meat can be gently stretched in the form of an even strip.
- Mix flour with baking powder in a bowl with salt, and then dilute with ice water. Pour sesame oil into a homogeneous mass and mix thoroughly again.
- Place the oil in a pan on a stove and heat to 200 ° C.
- Dip the shrimps in batter and gently lower them into boiling fat.
- Shrimp should be removed from the pan and laid out on a napkin.
They are usually served with soy sauce. But if you want at home, you can take exactly the one that you like best.
Shrimps in a garlic-nut batter with an egg
How else can you make shrimp in batter? A photo of an unfamiliar recipe will help you better understand it. First you need to do the basic ingredients. For this option you will need:
- shrimp
- 4 eggs;
- 100 grams of sour cream;
- 120 grams of starch;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- salt;
- 6 tablespoons of peeled walnuts;
- 400-450 grams of vegetable oil;
- 2-3 grams of ground black pepper;
- 4 tablespoons finely chopped parsley.
Cooking the dish itself is easy:
- Boil the peeled shrimp for 5 minutes in slightly salted water.
- Fry the nuts a little in a pan, then cool them and chop them randomly.
- After that, chopped herbs, grated garlic, sour cream and 2 yolks should be added to them. Mix the products well, salt and add a little pepper.
- Separate all the proteins into a foam with a little water. Without stopping the process, slowly introduce 60 grams of starch (the rest of the product will be needed for breading). Batter is ready.
- Now you can proceed to the final stage. Roll the shrimp in starch, and then dip in batter and immediately throw into boiling oil.
The combination of different components after baking gives the “dough” an original taste that is ideal for delicate shellfish meat.
The taste of popular fast food
Russia has a well-developed network of fast-food restaurants operating under the system of the popular American corporation McDonald's. On the menu of such establishments there are many dishes cooked in batter. Among them are meat, vegetables and, of course, seafood. But an experienced housewife, if desired, can also make shrimp in batter, like at McDonald's. This will require:
- 200 grams of fresh shrimp meat;
- 60 grams of flour;
- 2-3 grams of salt;
- half a glass of water;
- a pinch of soda;
- a quarter of a teaspoon of ground ginger;
- 200-220 grams of vegetable oil;
- 2 teaspoons of sesame seeds;
- ½ teaspoon ground red paprika.
In order to avoid mistakes, the work is best done step by step:
- For the recipe you will need clean shrimp meat. If it is not, then first you need to remove it from the shell of the mollusks. It is advisable to use king (large) shrimp. Little ones will have to fiddle for a long time.
- The next step is to make the batter. Flour should be diluted with water, adding salt, spices, soda and seeds. The mass should be quite liquid.
- Transfer shrimp to batter. So it will be faster. If desired, you can dip each piece into it separately.
- Heat the oil in a saucepan (or deep fryer).
- Dip shrimps in portions. They should float freely in boiling fat and not stick together.
- As soon as the preparations are browned, they must be removed with a slotted spoon and transferred to a plate covered with a napkin.
To serve such shrimps, cheese, soy, any sweet and sour sauce is suitable.