Fried shrimp with peanut sauce
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ | cup | Creamy peanut butter |
| 4 | teaspoons | Soy sauce |
| 4 | teaspoons | Fresh lemon juice; or to taste |
| 2 | teaspoons | Firmly packed light brown sugar |
| 1 | large | Garlic clove; minced |
| ⅓ | cup | Plus 2 tablespoons water |
| Cayenne to taste | ||
| 2 | tablespoons | Thinly sliced scallion greens |
| 1 | large | Egg |
| ¾ | pounds | Small shrimp; (about 32), shelled |
| All-purpose flour seasoned with salt and | ||
| ; pepper | ||
| Vegetable oil for deep-frying the shrimp | ||
Directions
In a small heavy saucepan combine the peanut butter, the soy sauce, the lemon juice, the brown sugar, the garlic, ⅓ cup of the water, and the cayenne, bring the mixture just to a boil, whisking until it is smooth, and whisk in the scallion greens. Keep the sauce warm. In a small bowl whisk together the egg and the remaining 2 tablespoons water and add the shrimp.
In a large plastic bag have ready the flour. Add the shrimp, drained well, to the flour, and in a sieve shake them to knock off the excess flour. In a deep skillet heat 1 inch of the oil until a deep-fat thermometer registers 275F., in it fry the shrimp in 2 batches, stirring them once, for 1 minute, or until they are just cooked through, and transfer them with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Serve the shrimp with the sauce.
Serves 2.
Gourmet April 1992
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