Salt and Pepper Shrimp

Name: Salt and Pepper Shrimp
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoons fine sea salt; 454 grams shrimp in their shells; 1 liters vegetable oil

Salt and Pepper Shrimp is a gluten free, dairy free, fodmap friendly, and whole 30 main course. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 6 servings with 265 calories, 16g of protein, and 23g of fat each. A mixture of vegetable oil, shrimp in their shells, sea salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the sea salt you could follow this main course with the Raspberry Sea Salt Brownies as a dessert.

Instructions

Cut each shrimp shell lengthwise along back with scissors, leaving last segment intact, then devein shrimp, leaving shell in place.

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Shrimp

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Cut off feathery legs and sharp pointed section of shell above soft tail fins. Rinse shrimp and dry thoroughly.

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Shrimp

Heat oil in a wok or deep heavy pot over high heat until it registers 400°F on deep-fat thermometer. Deep-fry shrimp in 4 batches until shells bubble and shrimp are bright pink, 45 to 60 seconds (they will be slightly undercooked), returning oil to 400°F between batches.

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Pasta Shells

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Cooking Oil

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Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain.

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Carefully pour oil into a heatproof bowl (to cool before discarding), then wipe wok clean with paper towels.

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Cooking Oil

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Stir together salt, pepper, and five-spice powder.

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Pepper

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Heat wok or a heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then add deep-fried shrimp and spice mix and stir-fry 10 seconds.

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Fried Shrimp

Seasoning Mix

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• You might wonder why we don't use the classic spice for this dish, Sichuan pepper. We'd love to, but the spice is currently banned by the USDA for import since it may carry a harmful citrus canker.

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Pepper