Sesame fried scampi

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 6 people, you will need:

• 1 36 langoustines (scampi)
• 2 1 Egg
• 3 2 tablespoons water
• 4 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
• 5 1 teaspoon flour
• 6 3 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 7 Herb salad
• 8 oil
• 9 salt
• 10 pepper
• Total weight: 1,605 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
35 min.	1 min.	35 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Take raw scampi, cut off the heads, and extract from the base of the tail the gut of the animal (otherwise this can give a bitter taste to your scampi).
  It's a delicate operation, but the small video on right will show you the details.
• 2: Then extract all the flesh from the scampi tails.
• 3: Prepare Herb salad.
• 4: Whip 1 Egg with 2 tablespoons water, salt and pepper.
• 5: In a bowl mix 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs, 3 tablespoons sesame seeds and Herb salad with salt and pepper.
• 6: Put about half an inch depth of oil (max.) in a frying pan on medium heat.
• 7: With a fork, dip scampi in beaten egg.
• 8: With another fork, dip wet scampi in sesame mix to completely coat them.
  Note: if you use the same fork to dip in beaten egg and then in the coating, after a short time your fork will be completely stuck with egg and sesame.
• 9: Put coated scampi on a plate until they are all dipped.
• 10: Then fry 30 seconds on each side.
• 11: Leave to drain for a few seconds on absorbant paper to remove excess oil.
• 12: Then serve stright away, possibly with herb salad which will add a little delicious acidity.

Remarks

Herb salad could be replaced by other sorts, but to keep to the spirit of the recipe, please use something fresh and slightly acid. A small simple salad with a lemon French dressing, or a salad of tomatoes and avocados diced small.

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