Panko Fried Shrimp

By Dave Washburn

This is a simple recipe a lot like the fried green tomatoes.

1 lb. large shrimp peeled and deveined, tails on- go down to the shrimp house and get them off the boat. (Ha! A joke! You don't have shrimp houses in Iowa or Michigan! Too bad! I do!) Oh well, get them where you can.
1 C corn starch
2 eggs
2 C panko
hot sauce
BBQ rub mix
salt & pepper

In a small bowl toss the shrimp in the corn starch, shake off the excess.
In a bigger bowl beat the eggs with a little water and the hot sauce.
In a BIGGER bowl mix the panko and the BBQ rub with salt and pepper.
Take each shrimp out of the corn starch and dip in the egg wash, and then into the panko, pressing to coat- remove to a wax paper lined baking sheet- repeat until all shrimp are coated.
Heat a large dutch oven (or deep fryer) with oil to 350 degrees.
Fry in batches until golden, turning once. Remove to paper towel lined baking sheet, salting once and turning over. Serve with Uncle Dave's Really Spicy Cocktail Sauce.

Uncle Dave's Really Spicy Cocktail Sauce:
Quarter cup good ketchup
Quarter cup good BBQ sauce (we're using Billy Bones)
HUGE tablespoon really good horseradish (don't use that creamy stuff, it really sucks)
shot Worcestershire
salt and pepper to taste
This recipe can be doubled, tripled, quadrupled, whatever-
Remember- horseradish is your friend.