Shrimp fritters with tomato sauce
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| Tomato sauce | ||
| 2 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
| 1 | medium | Onion, chopped |
| 1 | Clove garlic, peeled and | |
| Minced | ||
| 10 | ounces | Can tomatoes and green |
| Chilies | ||
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Pepper |
| Fritters | ||
| 4 | Eggs, separated | |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Celery salt |
| 2 | teaspoons | Parsley flakes |
| 2 | tablespoons | Flour |
| 1 | cup | Cooked chopped shrimp |
| Oil for frying | ||
Directions
1) To make sauce, heat oil in medium saucepan. Add onion and garlic; saute until translucent. Add tomatoes and green chilies,. salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
2) Meanwhile prepare shrimp fritters. In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. In separate bowl, beat egg yolks, salt, celery salt, parsley flakes, and flour together; fold in egg whites.
3) Fold shrimp into egg whites. 4) Heat oil to 375 degrees in deep skillet or a deep fat fryer. Using ¼ c batter for each fritter, fry a few shrimp fritters at a time until golden. Drain on paper towels.
5) Serve shrimp fritters with tomato sauce.
Submitted By VERNON PHIPPS On 09-13-95