Recipe Week Day 5: Popcorn Shrimp with Chili-Lime Dipping Sauce

This recipe is adapted from Ellie Krieger from Foodnetwork. I love that her recipes are healthy and still packed with flavor. The cornmeal crust gives these shrimp a nice little crunch, plus it's gluten-free. This recipe is a little more involved than my past posts, but it's worth it.

Ingredients

For shrimp:

• 1/2 C rice flour (or other gluten-free flour)
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 4 egg whites
• 3/4 C cornmeal
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1 lb medium rock shrimp (90-100 count), shelled and cleaned (any size shrimp you have will work)
• 2 tbsp canola oil
• Spray cooking oil

For sauce:

• 1/3 C nonfat Greek yogurt or 1/2 C nonfat plain yogurt
• 2 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp lime juice (about 1/2 a lime)
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 1 lime, zested

(I usually omit the lime zest, and sometimes even omit the yogurt if I don't have it on-hand and just make a mayonnaise-based sauce.)

1. Combine all sauce ingredients and set aside.

2. Place flour, chili powder, garlic powder, and 1/2 tsp salt in a shallow bowl and stir with a fork to incorporate. Place egg whites in another shallow bowl and beat lightly. Place cornmeal, 1/4 tsp salt, and pepper in a third bowl and stir with a fork to incorporate.

3. Toss the shrimp, a few at a time, in flour until well coated. Shake off excess flour, then dip in egg whites. Transfer to cornmeal mixture and toss to cover all sides. Reserve coated shrimp on a baking sheet or piece of parchment paper and repeat with remaining shrimp.

4. Preheat broiler. Brush a large cookie sheet with the oil and heat the oiled sheet under broiler for 3 min. Remove from oven and quickly arrange shrimp in a single layer on the cookie sheet. Spray the tops of the shrimp with cooking spray. Place shrimp under broiler and broil until crisp and browned, about 5 min.

5. Serve with dipping sauce.

Serves 8 (12 shrimp each + 1 tbsp sauce)

View Past Recipes:
Day1: Crockpot Turkey Chili
Day 2: Crockpot BBQ Beef
Day 3: Spicy Peanut Sauce
Day 4: Mixed-Up Lasagna
Bonus: Stovetop Turkey Chili