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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