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The #1 Tip for Making Juicy, Crispy Southern Fried Shrimp, According to a Former NOLA Chef

January 6, 2025
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A mix of corn flour, cornmeal, and flour creates a coating that turns into shatteringly crisp when fried and has a candy, nutty taste.Swapping all-purpose flour for self-rising flour, which comprises baking powder, and utilizing buttermilk within the dredge aerates the coating and makes it lighter. Letting the shrimp relaxation within the fridge after battering them helps the breading adhere and retains it from flaking off as soon as the shrimp are fried.

Fried shrimp have been my favourite special day meals for so long as I can keep in mind. I grew up in North Carolina however my mother is from South Louisiana, and going out to eat crispy, tender, completely seasoned fried shrimp was a spotlight of each journey to go to my grandfather and aunts in Louisiana. Mother has at all times shunned shrimp from anyplace however the Gulf—which is understood for its candy, nutty-tasting, plump shrimp—so I actually solely ever ate fried shrimp in South Louisiana, the place you’ll be able to reliably get wonderful shrimp and the place the cooks use a heavy-enough hand with the seasonings of their batters.

Solely-in-Louisiana was nonetheless my normal rule for fried shrimp till lately after I was on-site in Alabama the place our Birmingham-based colleague Craig Ruff was creating this recipe for Southern fried shrimp. A recipe developer who makes a speciality of Southern delicacies, Craig additionally has expertise cooking in eating places in New Orleans and Mississippi, so he is aware of a factor or two about frying shrimp. The primary batch Craig fried was actually good, however he stored tinkering, frying batch after batch, till he utterly perfected his recipe for what had been a number of the finest fried shrimp I’ve ever eaten—they had been plump and juicy, with a lightweight and crispy coating that had simply the correct kick from Creole seasoning. With Craig’s recipe, I can have wonderful Southern fried shrimp even after I’m nowhere close to the Gulf coast—and so are you able to. 

Selecting the Greatest Shrimp

The primary activity in order for you a really wonderful fry-up is getting your fingers on the very best quality shrimp. “Whereas Gulf Shrimp are essentially the most applicable for Southern fried shrimp, you need to use no matter you will have out there to you,” says Craig. “Get native and contemporary when you dwell in a coastal space, however in any other case I are inclined to lean in direction of frozen at grocery shops.” He factors out that the shrimp in most grocery retailer fridge instances has seemingly been beforehand frozen anyway and easily thawed on the retailer. For those who purchase frozen shrimp, merely switch it to the fridge to thaw 12 to 24 hours earlier than you intend to cook dinner it.

Whether or not you purchase contemporary or frozen shrimp, Craig advises selecting shrimp that is freed from STPP (sodium tripolyphosphate), an additive used to forestall moisture loss, as a result of it could actually trigger the cooked shrimp to be rubbery and fewer tasty when cooked. “That retained moisture leads to heavier (costlier for his or her measurement) shrimp that cook dinner otherwise, have a unique texture, and most significantly, are much less flavorful,” says Craig. “I typically search for unpeeled, individually fast frozen (IQF) shrimp, and I at all times test the ingredient itemizing. The one ingredient must be ‘shrimp.’”

Critical Eats / Robby Lozano


The Greatest Batter for Fried Shrimp

Whenever you’re prepared to organize your shrimp, you may stir collectively a dry combination of self-rising flour, corn flour, cornmeal, and Creole seasoning and a moist combination of buttermilk and eggs, to which you may add a number of the flour combination. Self-rising flour is a mix of all-purpose flour, salt, and baking powder (you’ll be able to simply stir it along with these components if you do not have a bag of it readily available). The baking powder is a leavener that prompts within the presence of water and acid—buttermilk on this case—and produces gasoline bubbles that aerate the batter and assist create a good coating that may be a bit lighter in texture.

Corn flour may be very finely floor flour milled from complete corn kernels, whereas cornmeal is coarser-grained—utilizing each provides the coating a posh, candy, nutty, and toasty taste and a texture that is obtained some dimension however is not so thick that it overpowers the shrimp. One other key part within the breading is Creole seasoning, which blooms when fried and enhances the candy shrimp. Craig and I are each followers of Zatarain’s Creole Seasoning, which incorporates chile pepper, paprika, crimson pepper, garlic, onion, salt, and sugar, however be at liberty to make use of your favourite model right here. 

In testing, Craig tried a dry-wet-dry dredge, however he discovered that course of made for a coating that was too thick. As a substitute, he landed on combining a little bit of the flour combination with the batter. “Including a number of the dry combination to the buttermilk combination creates a free batter that leads to breading that truly sticks to the shrimp,” he explains.

After dredging, you may pop the shrimp within the fridge to relaxation for a few half an hour. “Don’t skip resting the dredged shrimp within the fridge,” Craig cautions. “The dry combination barely hydrates and actually sticks to the shrimp. Not resting results in a coating that flakes off and is distinguishably separate from the shrimp.” Belief him—he examined batches with out resting and he is aware of what he’s speaking about: With out resting, “the coating was not adhered in any respect.” He additionally examined batches with a 15-minute relaxation, and people fared higher than the no-rest batch however not in addition to those that rested for half-hour. 

Frying the Shrimp So They’re Crispy, Not Soggy

As soon as the shrimp are battered and adequately rested, it is time to fry them. There are just a few keys to success right here. The primary is retaining the oil on the proper temperature (365ºF) by frying in batches to keep away from overcrowding and letting the oil come again as much as the right temperature between batches. The second just isn’t overcooking the shrimp. “The reply to ‘why is my shrimp rubbery?’ is nearly at all times that it’s overcooked,” Craig says. “Frying is one in every of my favourite methods to cook dinner shrimp, however it’s simply overcooked this fashion. You don’t wish to fry shrimp any quite a lot of minutes—as soon as the breading is golden brown, cease frying. The more durable you fry shrimp, the tighter the meat proteins bind, squeezing out all the juiciness.”

The way to Serve Fried Shrimp

I prefer to dip my fried shrimp in rémoulade sauce, however they’re additionally nice plain or with different dipping sauces, corresponding to cocktail sauce. French fries are a traditional facet, however I additionally actually love fried shrimp alongside a salad—cool crisp greens and a creamy dressing actually complement crispy fried shrimp. No matter you serve on the facet, as soon as your shrimp are out of the fryer, serve them as shortly as you’ll be able to with out burning your fingers—fried shrimp do not preserve effectively, but when your loved ones is something like mine, any person’s gonna maintain consuming that final shrimp.

Editor’s Word

This recipe was developed by Craig Ruff. The headnote was written by Megan O. Steintrager.

Critical Eats / Robby Lozano


The #1 Tip for Making Juicy, Crispy Southern Fried Shrimp, Based on a Former NOLA Chef

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1 cup self rising flour (4 1/2 ounces; 128g), see notes

1 cup corn flour (4 ounces; 113g), see notes 

3/4 cup yellow cornmeal (4 ounces; 113g)

2 tablespoons Creole seasoning (1 ounce; 30g)

1/2 cup (120ml) complete buttermilk

2 massive massive eggs

1 1/2 kilos (680g) massive shrimp (26 to 36 per pound), peeled, deveined, with tail-on

Peanut oil, for frying

1 recipe New Orleans Rémoulade Sauce or store-bought rémoulade sauce (elective)

In a big shallow bowl, whisk self-rising flour, corn flour, cornmeal, and Creole seasoning to mix. In one other massive shallow bowl, whisk buttermilk, eggs, and 1/2 cup of flour combination to mix.

Critical Eats / Robby Lozano

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