tempura shrimps

Ingredients:

12 large shrimps
1 egg
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup ice water
Vegetable oil for frying

sauce:

Ingredients:

1 cup dashi soup stock
1/4 cup mirin
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 tbsp sugar

Preparation:

Put mirin in a pan and heat. Add soy sauce and dashi soup stock in the pan. Bring the sauce to a boil.

procedure:

Prepare Shrimp

Remove heads and shells from shrimps without removing tails. Devein the shrimps. Make two or three incisions in the stomach sides of the shrimps.
Straighten the Shrimp

Lightly press the back of shrimps by fingers.
Clean the Tail

Using a knife, remove the dirt from the tails of shrimps.
Dry the Shrimp

Dry shrimps on paper towels.

Making Tempura Batter

Mix eggs and ice water in a bowl. Add flour in the egg mixture.

Lightly mix the batter.

Flour shrimps before frying.
Heat Oil for Frying

Heat corn oil to 340F degree in a deep pan. *To check the temperature of the oil, drop a little tempura batter into the oil. If the batter comes up right away instead of sinking to the bottom of the pan, it's about 360 F degree. If the batter goes halfway to the bottom and comes up, it's about 340F degree.

Deep-Fry the Shrimp

Pick the tail of shrimp and dip shrimp in the tempura batter. Immediately fry the shrimp until crisp.

Serve Tempura Shrimp

Serve tempura shrimp right away with tempura dipping sauce or salt. Tempura is best served hot.

Tips for Making Crispy Tempura

Tip 1: Ice
Use ice water for the batter. This is really important to prevent the batter from absorbing too much oil.
Tip 2: Batter (Tempura Batter Recipe)
Do not make the batter ahead of time. Try not to over mix the batter and not to coat ingredients with the batter too much.

Tip 3: Frying Order
If you are frying both seafood and vegetables, fry vegetables first. Then, fry seafood. Fry vegetables at 340 degrees F and fry seafood at 350 degrees F.

Tip 4: Oil Temperature
To check the temperature of frying oil, drop a little batter into the oil. If the batter comes up right away instead of sinking to the bottom of the pan, it's about 360 degrees F. If the batter goes halfway to the bottom and comes up, it's about 340 degrees F. This is said to be the right temperature to fry tempura.

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