Recipe courtesy of Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger

Beer Battered Shrimp with Chipotle Honey

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 servings
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Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon granulated sugar

8 ounces beer

Flour for dusting

3 to 4 cups peanut oil for frying

1 1/4 pounds rock shrimp or peeled white shrimp

Chipotle Honey Dipping Sauce, recipe follows

Chipotle Honey Dipping Sauce:

2 chipotle chiles, stemmed and seeded

1 tomato, cored and cut in quarters

1/2 small onion, peeled and sliced

1 clove garlic, peeled

1/2 cup water

l teaspoon salt

1/4 cup honey

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

Directions

  1. Combine 1 cup of the flour with the cayenne, salt, sugar and baking powder in a medium bowl.
  2. Add beer all at once and whisk until smooth. Set aside at least 1/2 hour.
  3. Heat oil to deep-fry temperature (350/) in a large saucepan. Test oil by sprinkling a few drops of
  4. batter and if they rise to the surface, the oil is ready. Toss the shrimps in the flour for dusting and toss to coat evenly, then pat off excess. Drop a few at a time first in the batter then into the hot oil and fry until lightly golden and crispy-- about 2 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Serve immediately with Chipotle Honey Dipping Sauce.

Chipotle Honey Dipping Sauce:

  1. In a small saucepan, bring chiles, tomato, water, onion, garlic and salt to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook, slowly, covered for 15 minutes, then puree in a blender until smooth transfer to a small bowl and add honey and vinegar. Serve at room temperature as a dipping sauce with shrimps.

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philipmd

I made this and thought it was great. <br />There are only 2 reason for the 3 stars that I gave: <br />1) It needed more beer taste so the second time I made this I specifically bought Weiss Bier and added 10 oz. (I drank the other 2 oz)<br />2) The second time around I traded the Cayenne pepper for Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning - 1 tsp and instead of dusting in flour, I used Zararain's New Orleans style fish fry seafood breading mix: Crispy Southern. <br />I thought it was great <br />I kept the dipping sauce pretty much as is, that was great but the shrimp barely needed it.

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