With Christmas and New Year approaching, here is a great appetizer to add to your menu. These Frirecracker Shrimp are a great addition to any party. They are super addictive, especially when served with sweet chili sauce. When entertaining, these are the first thing that disappears from our table.

Firecracker Shrimp

• Freeze them raw and fry just before serving. Serve them with sweet and sour sauce, chili sauce or your favorite dip. Enjoy!!
• Thaw the frozen package of spring roll on a counter top for 30 minutes or overnight in the fridge.

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Shrimp peeled and deveined with tails left intact.

Lay the shrimp in the middle of each wrapper (triangle). Mix the paste ingredients in a small bowl. Smear the edges of the triangle with the flour paste. Wrap the triangle tightly around the shrimp, with the tail outside the wrapper.

Ready to fry or freeze.

Fried to a golden color.

Serve warm with your favorite sauce. My favorite condiment is sweet chili sauce

Ingredients:

• 16 medium-sized shrimp, peeled, deveined with tails left intact
• 8 spring roll wrappers, cut in half diagonally to create two triangles.
• A pinch salt
• A dash freshly grated white pepper

For the paste:

• ¼ cup flour
• ¼ cup water

• Canola oil for deep frying

Directions:

1. Lightly pound the inside of the curve of each shrimp with a meat mallet to straighten it a bit.
2. Season the shrimp with salt and pepper.
3. Lay the shrimp in the middle of each wrapper (triangle).
4. Mix the paste ingredients in a small bowl.
5. Smear the edges of the triangle with the flour paste.
6. Wrap the triangle tightly around the shrimp, with the tail outside the wrapper.
7. Heat the oil in a deep fryer or (even a saucepan) to an adequate frying temperature. Fry in batches to a golden color. Serve with your favorite sauce. Enjoy!

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