Bang Bang Shrimp

Bonefish Grill Bang Bang Shrimp is a popular, chain fried shrimp recipe! It's crispy, coated in a creamy sweet, and spicy chili sauce, and so incredibly tasty! This appetizer comes together easily, with a few ingredients, and is the best Bang Bang Shrimp Recipe I've had! This is the way to make bang bang sauce coming from a former worker of the chain restaurant!

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 30

Servings: servings

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American, Chinese

Equipment

1 Dutch oven pot, (for deep frying)
1 slotted spoon
1 dinner plate lined with paper towels
2 mixing bowls, (for marinating and dredging)

Ingredients

Ingredients:

8 oz medium shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails removed
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup cornstarch
2 cups sunflower oil , (for deep frying)

Bang Bang Sauce:

1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 Tbsp sweet chili sauce, (I used the Mae Ploy brand)
2 1/2 Tbsp sriracha
1/4 tsp sea salt

Instructions

Directions:

Make Bang Bang sauce: in a small bowl mix the mayo, sweet chili sauce, sriracha, and salt. Cover and keep refrigerated until needed.
In another small bowl marinate the shrimp in buttermilk for 10 minutes. Preheat the oil to 375°F in a Dutch oven pot over medium heat (2-3 inches of oil is ideal.)
Remove the shrimp from the buttermilk and drain off any excess liquid.
Dredge them into the cornstarch and shake off any excess starch. Arrange 6-8 shrimps on a cutting board working in small batches.
Fry the shrimp until they float to the top and get golden (2-3 minutes). Transfer shrimp to a plate lined with paper towels to briefly drain off excess oil.
Toss the fried shrimp in the sauce while still warm to absorb the sauce.
Serve over a bed of lettuce and garnish with green onions.