Oven fried shrimp is so easy….and delicious. There are a couple of tricks to it, though. So be sure to read to the end.
I had been wanting to try oven “fried” food for a long time. I’m from the South, and we love fried food. But, oh my goodness, can it stink up a house. Yuck. Not a fan of that.
I got brave last night and tried oven frying with shrimp, probably one of the easiest things I could have chosen.
Here’s what I did….
Oven Fried Shrimp
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Dip shrimp in coconut milk. Any milk will do, but I’m lactose intolerant, so this is the only milk we have in the house. It worked fine.
- Cover shrimp in mixture of bisquick, cornmeal, and spices. I used paprika, Old Bay seafood seasoning, and pepper. Flour or your gluten-free flours would all probably work fine.
- Place a cooling rack on a baking pan and spray.
- Place shrimp on cooling rack and spray them with cooking spray.
- Bake for about 15 minutes.
Notes…
I read the paprika helps with the “browning” color.
And you definitely want to use the cooling rack for cooking them. I remembered this trick when I was researching how to “fry” pork chops in the oven. It definitely made a difference. I placed a couple straight on the aluminum foil-covered pan just to see. BIG difference.
I usually fry mine with just cornmeal, but I think you need a little something more with these when you bake them. But they were still good no matter how you did them. I actually tried it three ways…bisquick only, corn meal only, bisquick and cornmeal. All three were good and were close in taste.
These look YUMMY!!! But, I have a really dumb question – you used raw shrimp to being with, correct?? Thanks – and now I have to try these!
Hi Linda! They are very yummy! Hope you enjoy them, too! And, yes, I thawed some raw shrimp that I had in the freezer. I bet fresh would be even better. I can’t wait to hear how you liked them!
Hello my beautiful friend!! These shrimp look amazing!! Thank you for sharing this.. I might need to try it.
ON another note…
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Praying you are well. <3
Hello there, sweet friend! <3 I was actually surprised with how good these were. I thought they would taste a little off, but they tasted much more like friend than I expected.
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