Recipe - Fried Shrimp Po Boys

Cooking oil for frying
1 cup Flour
1/8 teaspoon Ground red pepper
1 Egg; slightly beaten
1 pound Shrimp; peeled and deveined
2 small French baguettes
One fourth cup Mayonnaise
1 cup Lettuce; shredded
6 Tomato slices
Hot pepper sauce

1. Heat One fourth inch oil in a large skillet.

2. Combine flour, red pepper, and One fourth teaspoon salt in a shallow dish.

3. Toss shrimp in beaten egg, then in seasoned flour coating shrimp
completely.

4. Fry shrimp, half at a time in hot oil for about 2 minutes or until
golden brown.

5. Remove shrimp and drain on a plate lined with paper towel.

6. Split baguettes in half, spread each slice with some of the mayonnaise.

7. Top bottom bread half with fried shrimp, lettuce, tomato and hot pepper
sauce. Cut into 1 inch thick slices.

Notes: This will allow for 3 slices per person which is a generous
appetizer.
Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 317 by RecipeLu
recipelu@geocities.com on Nov 27, 1997