Easy Salt and Pepper Shrimp Recipe

Name: Easy Salt and Pepper Shrimp Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 pounds wild caught shell-on shrimp; 1 cup rice flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon white pepper; 2 jalapeños - sliced; fried garlic; canola oil for frying

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Servings

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

This easy salt and pepper shrimp recipe from Fulton friend Eat Cho Food is shrimply the best! Forget about take out! Stay in and make this 5-ingredient, ready in 10 minute classic, easy shrimp recipe.

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Ingredients

2 pounds wild caught shell-on shrimp
1 cup rice flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon white pepper
2 jalapeños - sliced
fried garlic
canola oil for frying

Directions

Pat shrimp dry. Place rice flour and 1 tsp of salt in a mixing bowl. Whisk to combine.
Heat 1” of oil in a skillet over medium high heat.
Working in batches, coat the shrimp in rice flour and then carefully place in the hot oil. Fry on one side for 2 minutes and then flip to cook for 1-2 more minutes. Place fried shrimp on a platter lined with a paper towel. Repeat with remaining shrimp.
Toss fried shrimp with salt, pepper, sliced jalapeños, and fried garlic. Serve immediately.

Recipe Video

Filed in: Entrees, Fried, Ingredients 6-10, Prep 15-30 minutes, Shrimp, Total 15-30 minutes

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