Beer Battered Shrimp

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb large or jumbo fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 4 ounces self-rising flour
• 3/4 teaspoon shellfish spice mix
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
• 5 fluid ounces strong flavoured beer or 5 fluid ounces ale
• oil, or melted fat to deep fry
• lemon wedge, to garnish
• prepared seafood cocktail sauce (optional)
• 1 tablespoon morton lite salt
• 1 tablespoon salt-free lemon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon old bay seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 ----shellfish spice mix----.
• 2 combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.
• 3 store unused portion in an empty spice bottle and refrigerate for maximum flavour retention.
• 4 ----fried shrimp----.
• 5 sift the flour and â¾ tsp (or more, if you like) shellfish spice mix into a bowl.
• 6 beat to a smooth batter with unbeaten egg, butter and beer.
• 7 dredge the shrimp in the batter to coat them and place them, a few at a time, in a frying basket and fry in hot oil or fat (350f/180c) for about a minute or two until the batter is golden brown.
• 8 remove them from the oil and drain them.
• 9 serve with lemon wedges and, if desired, cocktail sauce.