Southern Fried Popcorn Shrimp

One of my favorite traditional southern recipes!

I love to make it because it is so delicious and pretty straightforward of a recipe.

I love to serve this fried shrimp with some coleslaw, hush puppies, and crinkle fries! You can always change it up and put on a salad or serve it with another side but this combination feels like home to me.

Recipe Below:

Servings: 4

Time cook: 2-3 hour marinate, 30 minute cook time

Ingredients

• 1 lb of shrimp, deveined and butterflied

• 1 cup of buttermilk

• 1/2 cup of cornmeal

• 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour

• 1 teaspoon of paprika

• 1 teaspoon of garlic, minced

• 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning

• peanut oil for frying

• Salt to taste

• lemon to garnish

• parsley to garnish

Directions: devein and butterfly the shrimp and put in a bowl with the buttermilk, garlic, and paprika and let it marinate for 2 hours.

Once the shrimp is done marinating, heat up your oil pan on medium-high heat with the peanut oil. Mix the cajun seasoning, cornmeal and flour together and start to dread the shrimp. Once the oil is at 375° F cook the shrimp for just about 3 minutes and place on wire rack with a towel underneath and season it with salt.

Serve the shrimp with lemon, ketchup or tartar sauce. Sprinkle with some parsley and eat up!