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Golden Shrimp Puffs (Shrimp Fritters)

By: 👩‍🦳 Linda · Published: 🖨 February 9, 2016 · Updated: 💻May 8, 2021 · 🗨 7 Comments

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Quick and easy deep fried Golden Shrimp Puffs. Delicious served with sweet chili sauce. Perfect as an appetizer or a side dish.

Golden Shrimp Puffs (Shrimp Fritters) served with sweet chili sauce.

The Reunion Dinner is one of the most anticipated events in the Lunar Calendar. Held on the eve of the Chinese New Year, it is a day where Chinese families gather to enjoy a sumptuous meal and usher in the new year. Auspicious sounding dishes (often homonyms that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings) are prepared and served to ensure that the new year is off to a good start.

Auspicious Sounding Dishes

Dishes like Yee Sang, also known as Lo Sang is a “prosperity toss” for an increase in abundance and Ho See Fatt Choy meaning “good affairs and good fortune” are desirable. Ingredients like whole chicken (completeness), whole fish (surplus), abalone (definite good fortune), and shrimp (happiness), to name a few, are often used. Hence today’s recipe, Golden Shrimp Puffs for a year fill with joy and happiness.

Tantalizing Golden Shrimp Puffs (Shrimp Fritters) served with sweet chili sauce.

Golden Shrimp Puffs – A Childhood Favorite

These deep fried puffs were a childhood favorite. My brothers and I would eat them dipped in sweet chili sauce. They were so yummy!

In the recipe below, I used a mix of all-purpose and rice flour. The rice flour gives it a slightly crunchy exterior. It also helps to prevent the puffiness from collapsing when they are not eaten immediately.

Beautifully deep fried Golden Shrimp Puffs (Shrimp Fritters).

Tools Used in Making These Golden Shrimp Puffs

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French Whip 8-inch
Pyrex Prepware 1-Cup Glass Measuring Cup
Bamboo Cooking Chopsticks, 13.5in long, 4 pairs

Golden Shrimp Puffs (Shrimp Fritters) served with sweet chili sauce.
4.50 from 2 votes

Golden Shrimp Puffs

Quick and easy deep fried Golden Shrimp Puffs. Delicious served with sweet chili sauce. Perfect as an appetizer or a side dish.
(Makes 24 golden shrimp puffs)
Author : Linda Ooi
Course : Appetizer
Cuisine : Chinese
Keyword : shrimp fritters, shrimp puffs
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 12 mins
Total Time 22 mins
Servings : 6
Calories : 150kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 24 large shrimp (peeled and deveined, with tails intact) (425g)
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp sugar
  • ¼ tsp ground white pepper

Batter

  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour (75g)
  • ½ cup (65g) rice flour + ¼ cup (33g) for dredging
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup water (120ml)

Instructions
 

  • Combine shrimp, salt, sugar, and ground white pepper in a bowl. Mix well. Set aside.
  • Crack eggs into another bowl. Break up the yolk with a fork or whisk. Add all-purpose flour, rice flour, baking powder, salt, and ½ cup (120ml) water. Stir to mix into a smooth batter.
  • Heat 1 inch vegetable oil in a small pan. Place ¼ cup (33g) rice flour in a shallow bowl.
  • Holding shrimp by the tail, dredge in rice flour. Then dip in batter and gently lower shrimp into hot oil. Repeat. Fry in batches. Do not over crowd pan.
  • Fry shrimp puffs turning occasionally until golden brown, about 2 to 3 minutes each batch. Remove and drain on metal strainer.
  • Serve immediately with sweet chili sauce.

Nutrition

Calories: 150kcal
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Family Reunion Dinner

I made these Golden Shrimp Puffs for our family Reunion Dinner on Sunday. It was happiness to see the family enjoying them so much. 🙂 Do give it a try. I know you will enjoy them too.

Golden Shrimp Puffs (Shrimp Fritters) for family Reunion Dinner.

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS CHINESE NEW YEAR!
Kiong Hee Huat Chai / Kong Hei Fatt Choy / Gong Xi Fa Cai / Xin Nian Kuai Le

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  1. Heather M. Whipple says

    January 24, 2017 at 9:48 pm

    i have not used rice flour before i do not know how it would effect the taste of the batter for these shrimp.
    can i omit the sugar or use less sugar?
    please let me know.

    Reply
    • Linda says

      February 1, 2017 at 9:17 am

      Yes, you can omit the sugar. The rice flour gives the shrimp puffs a slightly crunchy exterior.

      Reply
  2. Tuty says

    March 15, 2017 at 3:37 pm

    5 stars
    This is my childhood favorite as well. Thank you for sharing the recipe since I did not have the recipe that my late mother used to make.

    Reply
  3. RADHIKA MEGANATHAN says

    August 21, 2018 at 9:10 am

    Hi. I am gluten free, so is there a subtitute for the all purpose flour? Can I use chick pea flour?

    Reply
    • Linda says

      August 24, 2018 at 8:46 am

      Yes, chick pea flour will work. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Bunmi says

    December 25, 2021 at 2:56 pm

    4 stars
    My kids were home for Christmas and I made this for our Christmas Dinner. Everyone loved it. However I had no rice flour substituted it with corn flour and left our the sugar. It was good.
    Next time I will use rice flour.
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Linda says

      January 5, 2022 at 10:59 am

      Glad to hear you and your family enjoyed the recipe.

      Reply

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