Shrimp Po’boys

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• vegetable oil or peanut oil
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup milk
• salt
• 1 1/2 lbs large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup cornmeal or 1 cup plain breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons old bay seasoning
• 8 leaves bibb lettuce or 8 leaves butter lettuce
• 1 beefsteak tomato, thinly sliced
• 4 submarine rolls
• 1 lemon, cut into wedges
• 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish
• 1/2 cup spicy grainy mustard

Recipe

• 1 preheat an inch of oil in a deep skillet over medium to med-high heat.
• 2 in a bowl, beat the egg and milk together; salt the shrimp; then set them in the milk batter.
• 3 cover a plate with plastic wrap for easy cleanup; then mix together the flour, cornmeal and seafood seasoning on the plate.
• 4 using tongs, remove a few shrimp at a time from the batter and coat in the breading.
• 5 add the breaded shrimp to the hot oil and fry them for 5-6 minutes, or until they are firm and deeply golden all over.
• 6 repeat until all the shrimp are fried, draining them on paper towels.
• 7 pile lettuce and tomatoes on the roll bottoms; top with the shrimp, and douse the shrimp with a little lemon juice.
• 8 mix the relish and mustard together; dot the roll tops with spoonfuls of the sauce before setting them into place.