Description
Super light and crispy popcorn shrimp made in an air fryer. I like to leave the tails on as a handle but feel free to remove them. Serve with cocktail sauce and lemon wedges if desired.
Ingredients
- 12 ounces large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- nonstick cooking spray
Instructions
- Place shrimp in a large bowl. Sprinkle flour over the top and toss until shrimp are evenly coated in flour. Beat egg in a separate bowl. Combine panko bread crumbs
- paprika
- onion powder
- salt
- and pepper in a third bowl.
- Dip each flour-coated shrimp in egg
- toss in panko mixture
- and place on a baking sheet. Let rest for 5 minutes while the air fryer is preheating.
- Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 5 minutes.
- Spray the basket of the air fryer with cooking spray. Arrange 1/2 of the shrimp in the basket. Mist the top of each shrimp with cooking spray.
- Cook for 4 minutes. Using tongs
- flip each shrimp over and mist any chalky spots with cooking spray. Cook 4 minutes more. Repeat with remaining shrimp.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 4