Bang Bang Shrimp
October 2, 2011 in appetizer, seafood
Time for another delicious football snack! This one would be good for a nice dinner too though!
So this is supposed to be like the Bonefish dish with the same name but I’ve never had the dish so I can’t really say how close it is to the real thing. I can, however, say that it is amazing.
Not going to lie, it was quite a bit of work because you have to deep fry the shrimp but seriously worth all the time spent staring into the pot of oil. It’s spicy but not so spicy that your mouth is on fire.
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Yield: 2 – 4 as appetizer
Ingredients
- 1 lb. medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- For the sauce:
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 4-5 teaspoons chili garlic sauce, such as Sriracha sauce
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- For the egg mixture:
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 cup milk
- For the breading mixture:
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
- For frying:
- 8 to 12 cups vegetable oil
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl; cover and set aside.
- Combine beaten egg with milk in shallow bowl; set aside.
- Combine flour, panko, salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and basil in another shallow bowl; set aside.
- Bread the shrimp by first coating each with the breading mixture. Dip breaded shrimp into the egg and milk mixture, and then back into the breading. Arrange the coated shrimp on a plate and pop them into the fridge for at least 20 minutes. This step will help the breading to stick on the shrimp when they are frying.
- Heat oil in deep fryer to 350 degrees F. Use amount of oil required by your fryer.
- When oil is hot, fry shrimp 2 to 3 minutes or until golden brown. Drain on rack or paper towels.
- When all shrimp has been fried, drop the shrimp into a large bowl. Spoon about 1/4 cup of sauce over shrimp and stir gently to coat.
adapted from Chef Mommy
This post linked to Fusion Fridays
I found this on Pinterest and made these last night. They were AMAZING! I’ve only attempted to fry things once before (and it didn’t turn out so well), so I was very happy and surprised to find that this was very easy to do and it comes out delicious! I go to Bonefish a lot and most of the time I get the Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos. I doubt I could even tell the difference between the two, honestly. I followed the recipe exactly (except for maybe a little extra Sriracha) and it was perfect. I’m definitely going to check out some more of your recipes :)
Do u serve on the side the balance of the sauce – 3/4 of it as you only coated the shrimp in large bowl with a 1/4 amount?
Just curious
Love Bang-Bang Shrimp! I make it almost the same way, except that i dredge the shrimp in corn starch , then egg, then breadcrumbs…the cornstarch gives it the extra crispy texture and then i don’t have problems with the breadcrumbs not sticking. I have a friend that her recipe is simply dredging in corn starch, flash frying it and tossing it in the sirracha/ mayo sauce. It works well too!
We love Bang Bang Shrimp and used to go to Bonefish Grill & Joe’s Crab Shack (Rochester’s original) all the time for them. Until I found an easy recipe for them ~ mine’s much less work then the one above.
Bang Bang Shrimp (Bonefish Grill’s Recipe)
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup Thai Sweet Chili Sauce
3 drops Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce (or to taste)
1 pound shelled and deveined shrimp
Dry cornstarch
oil for frying
lettuce
chopped scallions
Directions:
Mix mayonnaise with Thai Sweet Chili Sauce. Add hot sauce to taste. Dredge the shrimp in cornstarch. Deep fry the shrimp until lightly brown. Drain on paper towel, put in a bowl and coat with the sauce. Serve in a lettuce lined bowl, top with chopped scallions.
I don’t like to fry (trying to be healthy). Couldn’t I still bread it and bake the shrimp then do the sauce?
We call it Firecracker Shrimp down south
I made this recipe last week for my husband & he absolutely loooved it, & today I’m featuring it on my blog :) Thanks so much for introducing us to the recipe!
Is there a way that this can use gluten free floor like GF bisquick? I absolutely love it at bonefish grill.
I really haven’t worked with many GF products so I can’t be sure. I would say no to Bisquick because if it’s like the regular stuff, it has leaveners and other ingredients in it already. But maybe a GF flour, like coconut? If you wanted, I bet you could skip the flour and just make your own GF bread crumbs (or can you buy those?) to bread them with.
Sorry, I wish I could help more. I need to make it a goal to play around with some GF ingredients.
Amy, I have to eat Gluten Free and tried this recipe (fantastic by the way) with GF biscuit and it worked out great!! You will be happy!
I meant Bisquick
I am going to try using corn starch instead of the flour… I make my sweet and sour chicken with an agg wash and corn starch and it comes out amazingly golden brown and crispy. This looks soo good!
Never heard of Bonefish so I googled it… how is this place that seems delicious all over the US but not in Cali?! Looks yummy! Adding this to my collection of recipes to try for the hubby — I tried skimming the comments to see but didn’t see anything, thoughts on making it in the oven instead of frying??
I’ve heard from people who have baked the shrimp (with or without breading) and pan-fried it (without breading) and had great results. I also had someone tell me they bought a box of frozen breaded shrimp and used that! Much quicker and easier than frying. Let me know how it goes! :)
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I just made this tonight with chicken and it was delightful. Hubby wants it on the repeat list. I can only imagine how yummy it will be when i make it with shrimp. Thank you for a great and simple recipe.
Hey ladies, if you need Gluten Free option when a recipe calls for White All Purpose Flour? Well, my Great Aunt had issues with Gluten too, she found a great substitute was Rice Flour, which can be found at many Asian markets like H-Mart.
OMG! They are delish! I love Bang Bang and go just for that, my husband hates going. Now I can have it at home! Horray for me! Thank you!
I didn’t deep fry the shrimp, I just put some olive oil in the bottom of a pan and fried them that way. I also left out the bread crumbs because I didn’t have any and was too lazy to go to the store. BUT this recipe is fantastic. I don’t have a family yet, but I can imagine it would be a family favorite, even for kids. The sauce was phenomenal. I like spice, so I added more sriracha, but mild would be good too. I ate them by themselves, but I can imagine that they would be even better in fish tacos. Thanks for the recipe!
this recipe is amazon it’s better and fresher then bonefish it’s crispy
I made this for dinner tonight and loved it! Even my husband, who isn’t a big fan of shrimp, thought it was good.
I made this dish today and it was very tasty! Thanks for sharing :D