WarishaCooks

This is one of our favorite go-to meals! We eat this shrimp on its own, with rice, in rice bowls, or in tacos. I was inspired by the CozyCook‘s firecracker shrimp (her recipes are all fantastic and I highly recommend checking her page. But as time has gone on, we’ve tweaked it here and there to really fit our palates because we love spicy food.

Ingredients

• 1 lb of shrimp (peeled & de-veined & w/o tail)
• 1 cup of bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup of all purpose flour
• 1 tbs of garlic powder
• 1 tsp of onion powder
• 1 tsp of celery salt or regular salt (or to taste)
• 1 cup of chicken or vegetable broth
• 3/4 cup of buffalo sauce
• 1/2-1 cup packed light brown sugar
  • I generally use 1 cup to keep the flavor levels balanced, but if you like more of a tangy & spicy flavor, start with 1/2 cup and increase in small increments until it suits your palate.
• 1 tbs of soy sauce
• 1/4 tsp of ground mustard
• 1 tbs of cornstarch
• 2 tbs of water
• Optional: 1 tsp of chili powder
• Optional: 1/2 tsp of black sesame seeds for garnish
• 1 tbs of cooking oil
• Recommended: saute pan

1. In a large bowl, combine bread crumbs, flour, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt.
2. Add prepped shrimp into the dry mixture and fully coat all the shrimp with flour & breadcrumb. Move to the side.
3. Add cooking oil to a saute pan on medium heat. The oil in the pan should be hot before you add shrimp (the heat helps keep the flour sticking to the shrimp as it cooks).
4. Add shrimp to saute pan. Cook until shrimp is cooked and the breading is a nice light golden color. Don’t overcook as you will need to let the shrimp cook in the sauce later.
   • Note: you may need to add more oil if you have larger shrimp.
5. Take cooked shrimp out of saute pan and set to the side. Turn off heat.
6. Using the same saute pan (that you cooked shrimp with), add the broth, buffalo sauce, brown sugar, soy sauce, ground mustard and chili powder (optional). Mix together.
7. Turn heat to low and let simmer. Stir frequently.
8. While sauce is simmering, combine cornstarch and water in a small bowl and whisk together until it looks like a nice milky texture.
9. Slowly pour in the cornstarch + water mixture into the sauce while stirring. This will allow the sauce to thicken.
10. Once sauce is thick and bubbling, add cooked shrimp into the pan.
11. Spoon some sauce over the shrimp until all of them are nice and coated.
12. Turn off heat and let cool for 10 minutes (cooling will allow the sauce to create a nice saucy-glaze over the shrimp).