The idea for this recipe came to me because I have already prepared chicken and fish in the Air Fryer. I had to add shrimp! Plus, shrimp is very rich in protein. One serving of shrimp for this recipe is about 40 grams of protein and only 1 gram of fat, thanks to air frying. Can you believe that?
WHAT TYPE OF SHRIMP TO USE
Shrimp can be found at the grocery store in a few different ways. There is raw, pre-cooked, raw and frozen, deveined, tails on, tails off, etc.
I never use pre-cooked shrimp. There is an obvious difference in taste due to the lack of quality. The shrimp is cooked and then frozen and you have to cook it/warm it up again. This usually overcooks the shrimp. Raw shrimp only takes minutes to make, just buy it raw.
Always look for deveined, that’s my preference. The black vein that runs along the back of the shrimp is the digestive intestinal tract. Is this shrimp poop, yes.
You can buy it with the vein and remove it using a sharp paring knife to make a slit along the back and lift out the vein with the tip of the knife.
Buy large shrimp. No one likes those baby shrimp and they are harder to fry.
HOW TO THAW FROZEN SHRIMP
Place the frozen shrimp in a large bowl of cold water. The shrimp will thaw within minutes and will be ready to peel.
HOW TO MAKE AIR FRYER SHRIMP
- Create a cooking station with Garbanzo Breadcrumbs, egg whites, and panko breadcrumbs. Dip each of the shrimp in the garbanzo breadcrumbs, egg whites, and then the panko breadcrumbs.
- Place the shrimp in the air fryer and spray with cooking oil.
- Air fry.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COOK RAW SHRIMP?
Raw shrimp doesn’t take long to cook in the air fryer. I recommend frying for 8 minutes. Monitor and adjust to your liking.
AIR FRYER TEMPERATURE
I like to fry the shrimp at 400 degrees.
if you don’t have Garbanzo breadcrumbs on hand, Panko breadcrumbs will work just fine.
I made my own dipping sauce this way I know what is in my sauce since store sauce usually has a lot of sugar on it.
Let me know in the comment if you will like the “SAUCE RECIPE”..
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