Shrimp Tempura

Name: Shrimp Tempura
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 12 large shrimp, peeled, tails on; 1 cup cake flour; 1 egg yolk; 1 cup ice-cold sparkling water; oil for frying; 1 cup dashi broth; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 3 tbsp mirin; grated daikon and ginger for dipping sauce

Light, crispy Japanese shrimp tempura, coated in an icy batter that fries up ethereally thin and crunchy.

Total time

30 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Japanese

comfortfriedseafood

Ingredients

12large shrimp, peeled, tails on

1 cupcake flour

1egg yolk

1 cupice-cold sparkling water

oilfor frying

1 cupdashi broth

3 tbspsoy sauce

3 tbspmirin

grated daikon and gingerfor dipping sauce

Instructions

Heat oil to 350°F.

Make batter: gently whisk egg yolk and sparkling water; add flour. Mix barely — lumps are good.

Dip shrimp in batter; fry 2-3 minutes until very light gold.

Mix dashi, soy, and mirin for dipping sauce; grate daikon and ginger on top.

Serve immediately with dipping sauce and rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

8.8g

Fat

1.3g

Carbs

5.5g

Fiber

0.1g

Sodium

645mg

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