Battered Shrimp

Ingredients

1 pound of shrimp, shelled and deveined, tails off

1 cup of all purpose flour

2 teaspoons of baking powder

pinch of salt

cold water as needed

Directions

Set cleaned shrimp to one side.

Combine the rest of the  ingredients to form a loose batter.
Dip cleaned and dried shrimp into batter and coat.

Deep fry till golden brown about 5 minutes.

Serve on a platter, battered shrimp goes nicely with rice for a lighter dish.

They won't last long so dig in!

These battered shrimp go great with Jalapeno Mayo!

Calamari Fritti

Ingredients

one pound of squid skinned and cleaned

equal amounts of flour and cornstarch 

salt

oil for frying

Directions

Slice hoods into rings or strips

Dredge in flour cornstarch mixture

Drop into oil for 1 to 2 minutes until golden colour develops

Remove from oil and drain

Serve

 Jalapeno Mayo makes a great dipping sauce! 

Fries go great with battered Calamari and the oil is already hot!!!! 

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Work in batches to so you don't cool the oil too much! You want the oil nice and hot to flash fry those tender rings!

You can throw the whole batch of cut squid into the dredging mix and pull as many out as you need for each batch!  Shake them off good so you don't get a lot of loose flour in your oil!

They will only take a minute or two, pull the rings out of the oil when they are a nice golden colour!

This is what your oil should do when you drop your batch in!  You need this oil hot!!!!

Keep your batches warm in a 180F oven while you work!

Get your dipping sauces ready!

Plate on your favourite seafood plates! 

Serve!