Description
This is an old recipe used by many of the seafood restaurants in Florida for Old Bay® fried shrimp. Excellent for fish, shrimp, scallops!
Ingredients
- 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 3 large eggs, or more as needed
- 2 cups milk, or more as needed
- peanut oil for frying
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups yellow cornmeal
- ½ cup seafood seasoning (such as
- ®)
Instructions
- Place each shrimp on a flat work surface and butterfly by slicing horizontally through the middle
- being careful not to cut all the way through to the other side.
- Whisk eggs in a bowl; mix in milk. Place shrimp in milk mixture and soak for 1 hour.
- Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix flour
- cornmeal
- and seafood seasoning together and pour into a zip-top bag. Place 5 to 6 shrimp in the bag and shake well.
- Drop shrimp in the hot oil and fry until golden brown and opaque in the centers
- about 5 minutes. Remove and place on paper towels to soak out oil. Repeat with remaining shrimp.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Servings: 4