Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Tasty Tuesday: Shrimp Po Boys




Ingredients

1 1/2 lbmedium shrimp, shelled, deveined with tails removed
3/4 cfine corn meal
3/4 cflour
1 Tbspcajun seasoning
1 tspsalt
2eggs beaten
peanut oil, for frying
1/2lettuce head
3tomatoes sliced about 1/4 inch thick
4french bread sandwich rolls
1/4 cmustard, preferably creole mustard
1 1/4 cmayonnaise
1 tspdill pickle juice or vingar
1 tsphot sauce
1large garlic clove, minced and smashed
1 Tbspsweet paprika
1 tspcajun seasoning


Directions

1
 if your going to make your own remoulade, mix mustard mayo,pickle juice,hot sauce,garlic,paprika and cajun seasoning all together in a bowel and set aside while cooking, it will be better with time.
2
 pour enough peanut oil in a large frying pan to come up about a 1/4 inch, and set pan over medium high heat until a small amount of flour sizzles immediately when you drop some in.
3
 mix the corn meal,flour,cajun seasoning and salt in a large bowel. working with a few at a time dredge the shrimp in the eggs then in the cornmeal-flour mixture. shake off any excess and fry until golden on both sides, about 2 minutes total. set fried shrimp on paper towels to drain.
4
 to assemble sandwich, slice the bread rolls almost all the way through and smear the remoulade on both top and bottom. lay down a layer of shredded lettuce on the bottom of the bread, then arrange the shrimp ontop. lay 3-4 slices of tomato on the shrimp and press the top of the bread down on the bottom, compressing the sandwich a little. serve right away with hot sause and maybe a beer.

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