Auntie's Flaky Tempura Batter Recipe

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Ingredients:

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2 lb large shrimp, shelled, cleaned and butterflied
kosher salt
2 cups cake flour
1 cup katakuriko or cornstarch
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 eggs, slightly beaten
3 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp ajinomoto
vegetable oil, for frying

Directions:

Flatten the butterflied shrimp with the blade of a knife and fan out on a baking sheet. Sprinkle a little salt over the shrimp and separate the layers of fanned out shrimp by using waxed paper. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine cake flour, katakuriko, and baking powder and mix well. Set aside.
Into a 2 cup measure, combine eggs, salt, sugar, and ajinomoto. Add several ice cubes to the mixture and fill with cold water to equal 2 cups volume of chilled egg mixture. Stir slightly, but don't melt all of the ice cubes yet.
Pour the iced egg mixture into the flour mixture and stir slightly until lumps of undissolved flour mixture remain in batter.
Place a frying pan over medium high heat. Fill frying pan with 1-inch of oil and heat. Grab a fistful of the batter and clench fist over frying pan. Rotate clenched fist over the hot oil to create a bed of laced, flaky batter in the hot oil. The bed of laced batter must be thick enough to lay the fanned shrimp on. Once the batter is cooked, about 1 to 2 minutes, and the batter is flaky and crispy, place the fanned shrimp meat on the crispy bed of batter. The shrimp should not sink through the bed of batter, but remain atop it as it deep-fries.
Using a chopstick, break up the bed of flaky batter so that you can individually flip the shrimp in the frying pan so that the shrimp is below the batter in the oil. Cook until the shrimp are cooked through, about 2 minutes.
This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The FN chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	1103.33 Kcal (4619 kJ)
Calories from fat	413.76 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	45.97g	71%
Cholesterol	213.39mg	71%
Sodium	4369.06mg	182%
Potassium	363.72mg	8%
Total Carbs	146.67g	49%
Sugars	1.23g	5%
Dietary Fiber	3.65g	15%
Protein	26.49g	53%
Iron	7.6mg	42%
Calcium	115.8mg	12%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	305.78 Kcal (1280 kJ)
Calories from fat	114.67 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	12.74g	71%
Cholesterol	59.14mg	71%
Sodium	1210.85mg	182%
Potassium	100.8mg	8%
Total Carbs	40.65g	49%
Sugars	0.34g	5%
Dietary Fiber	1.01g	15%
Protein	7.34g	53%
Iron	2.1mg	42%
Calcium	32.1mg	12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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