fried shrimp with vegetable confetti
4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups extra-virgin olive oil
- 24 jumbo shrimp, shelled, deveined, butterflied
- ½ cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- ½ red bell pepper, cut into 1/8" cubes
- ½ yellow bell pepper, cut into 1/8" cubes
- Peel of 1 zucchini, cut into 1/8" cubes
- ½ onion, cut into 1/8" cubes
- 1 carrot, peeled and cut into 1/8" cubes
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 24 mint leaves
Instructions
Heat all but 2 tablespoons olive oil in a 12" sauté pan until it registers 350°. Dredge the shrimp in the flour, shaking off excess. Fry until pink, turning once, 1 minute per side. Remove with a slotted spoon to a platter lined with paper towels; blot dry.
Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a 12" skillet. Sauté the red and yellow peppers, zucchini peel, onion, and carrot for 3 minutes over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp, salt, and pepper; tear the mint into the skillet. Sauté 1 minute; serve hot.
Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a 12" skillet. Sauté the red and yellow peppers, zucchini peel, onion, and carrot for 3 minutes over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp, salt, and pepper; tear the mint into the skillet. Sauté 1 minute; serve hot.
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