Shrimp Tempura with Teriyaki Sauce – Gluten-free version
Shrimp in a light, crunchy Japanese-style tempura coating, served with homemade teriyaki sauce. Perfect as a starter. Gluten-free version: Gluten-free flour blend and Gluten-free soy sauce (tamari).
⏱ 30 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
Warm the gluten-free soy sauce, sugar, lemon juice and garlic in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring, just until the sugar granules dissolve.
StoveSmall saucepan
To assemble
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Pat the cauliflower dry well with paper towels.
Paper towels
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In a bowl, mix the flour, potato starch and salt.
Bowl
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Add the egg and beer and mix just until the batter comes together: a few small lumps are fine.
Whisk
💡A cold, lightly mixed batter stays light: long mixing develops the gluten in the flour, and the coating comes out tough instead of crisp.
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Heat the oil' in a deep pot' to 180°C (355°F) and dip the cauliflower in the batter, piece by piece, and fry in small batches for 2–3 minutes, until golden.
⚙ Deep-fryingStoveSlotted spoonCandy/oil thermometerDeep pot for frying
💡Keep the oil at 170–180°C (340–355°F): too cold, and the food soaks up oil; too hot, and it browns outside before the inside cooks. Without a thermometer, dip the tip of a wooden spoon in the oil: when medium bubbles form around it right away, the oil is hot enough.
💡Don't overload the oil: every piece that goes in cools it down. Fry one piece as a test, then the rest in several batches, and transfer to paper towels.
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Transfer to paper towels and serve immediately with the teriyaki sauce on the side.
Paper towels
423calories
21 gprotein
44 gcarbs
18 gfat
● protein 20%● carbs 42%● fat 38%
Per serving (236 g), of 4 servings
For the Dipping sauce · To assemble ·
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⚖ About the ingredients
Soy sauce: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 18 g · 53 kcal per 100 g · More about Soy sauce →
Lemon juice: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 15 g · 21 kcal per 100 g · More about Lemon juice →
Brown sugar: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 380 kcal per 100 g · More about Brown sugar →
Garlic: measured in pieces: one ≈ 5 g · 149 kcal per 100 g · More about Garlic →
Potato starch: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 120 g · 357 kcal per 100 g · More about Potato starch →
🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Deep pot for frying· Also works: Electric deep fryer (None) · Wok (Less oil, less stable)
Small saucepan· Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
Bowl· Also works: Pot (None)
Slotted spoon· Also works: Spider strainer (None) · Tongs (For large pieces)
Whisk· Also works: Hand mixer (None)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Beat with a fork, less air)
🧻 Consumables: Paper towels
Helps, not needed: Candy/oil thermometer
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