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Copycat Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos

Sue Lau
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Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American, Southwest
Servings 4
Calories 491 kcal

Ingredients
  

Tacos:

  • 1 pound shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 tomato finely diced
  • 1-2 cups shredded lettuce
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons milk
  • grilled flour tortillas
  • fresh lime wedges

Bang Bang Sauce:

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons Mae Ploy Thai sweet chili sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Huy Fong chili-garlic sauce/paste

Instructions
 

  • Stir together ingredients for bang bang sauce and chill until needed.
  • Dice tomato, shred lettuce, and thin sour cream; set aside until needed.
  • Place flour, pepper, salt and garlic powder into a large plastic bag and set aside.
  • Whisk egg with water in a bowl and set aside.
  • Place shrimp in the plastic bag with the seasoned flour; crimp end of bag shut and shake vigorously until shrimp are flour coated.
  • Heat cooking oil in a large skillet about 1/2-inch deep until hot, but not smoking.
  • Lift the shrimp out of the coating flour, shaking off excess; and coat them with beaten egg.
  • Place the egg-dipped shrimp back in the bag with the remaining seasoned flour and repeat the shaking.
  • Lift shrimp out of bag, shaking off excess flour and place on a platter.
  • Fry shrimp in batches until golden on both sides, 2-3 minutes.
  • Drain cooked shrimp on paper toweling.
  • Griddle tortillas until warm and pliable.
  • Toss cooked shrimp with bang bang sauce.
  • Make tacos with lettuce, coated shrimp, diced tomatoes and a drizzle of sour cream (thinned with the milk to a drizzling consistency). I put my thin sour cream in a squeeze type bottle typically used for ketchup, but you can drizzle with a spoon. Serve with lime wedges.

Notes

From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 491kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 29gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 13gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 244mgSodium: 2379mgPotassium: 536mgFiber: 3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 539IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 129mgIron: 3mg
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