Shrimp In A Jacket

10 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • water
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 bay leaf
  • salt
  • 2 1/4 pounds jumbo shrimp
  • 1 5/8 cups flour
  • 1 1/16 teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 2 eggs whites separated from yolks
  • 12 ounces beer choice
  • vegetable oil for frying

Directions

  1. 1
    Boil some water with lemon and a bay leaf. When it comes to a boil, add salt and the shrimp.
  2. 2
    Once the shrimp have changed color, remove them and add them directly to a bowl of ice water.
  3. 3
    Peel the shrimp, leaving the tails on, and set aside.
  4. 4
    Sift the flour and yeast together.
  5. 5
    Whisk the egg yolks well and fold in the flour mixed with yeast.
  6. 6
    Incorporate the beer little by little until you have a medium-thick batter. Salt to taste but remember the shrimp are already salted.
  7. 7
    Beat the egg whites into soft peaks and carefully fold them into the batter.
  8. 8
    Pinching the shrimp by the tail, batter them, then fry them in plenty of hot oil until golden.

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