Tiger shrimps are large warm-water Crustacea. They received the name because of cross strips on an armor. Length of a body of one individual is from 10 to 20 cm, and in kilogram them usually happens from 16 - 20 to 50 - 70 pieces. Certain giants reach 35 cm in length and weigh up to 650 g. Recipes for tiger shrimps are very various. They are cooked with spices, fried in a frying pan and in hot fan. From their gentle, juicy meat cook soups, sauces, salads, souffle. Fried tiger shrimps with coconut flakes are especially good.
It is required to you
- Tiger shrimps – 500 g (20 – 25 pieces)
- For batter:
- flour – 1/2 glasses
- light beer – 1/2 glasses
- egg – 1 piece.
- salt to taste
- For a breading:
- coconut flakes – 200 g
- For hot fan:
- purified vegetable oil
Instruction
1. Defreeze tiger shrimps and clean them. For this purpose break off the head, scissors make an incision an armor along a back and accurately remove plates one for another in the direction from the head to a tail. Leave a tail. Remove an intestinal vein (a dark strip from a back). Dry a napkin.
2. Make batter. Shake up egg with beer in a bowl by means of a nimbus. If there is no nimbus, use an ordinary fork. Continuing to shake up, gradually add flour and salt. Light uniform dough of consistence of liquid sour cream has to turn out. To check quality of batter, dip into it a tablespoon. If the covering uniform and metal isn't appeared through dough, by consistence correct.
3. Pour out coconut flakes in a separate bowl. Dip the prepared shrimps in batter, and then roll in in coconut flakes. Lay out in one layer on a cutting board or a big dish and put for half an hour in the fridge. It is necessary for the best skhvatyvayemost of batter.
4. Pour out vegetable oil in a pan and warm it. Oil has to be much that shrimps could swim in it, without concerning a bottom. Get the breaded product from the fridge and carefully lower it in hot fan. Fry shrimps until they emerge and will become covered by an appetizing golden crust (about 3 - 4 minutes).
5. Take out fried tiger shrimps a skimmer and lay out on the paper towel curtailed into several layers or a napkin to dry from surplus of oil. Serve with a lemon, fresh greens, lettuce leaves.