How to: Shrimp Tempura (Tokyo Style!)

Daniel shows you how to do proper shrimp tempura at home. There are two key variables: the oil temperature and tempura flakes. Let me walk you through each of these steps. Have fun with it at home and thank me later ;)

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[stephenimsong]

You blew my mind when I saw you pour in the batter for the flakes

[BlueShellshock]

What I like about a video like this is that it finally answers my question of how much oil I should be using. Most recipes seem to say "3 inches of oil" or around that mark for a deep-fry effect, but you've shown that you don't really need that tremendous an amount.


We'll see how my dinner ends up like tonight.


Edit: Looks like I had some difficulties. It took me awhile to get the hang of the 'flecks' method, and I feel like my batter had been way too thin; I wasn't getting anything on the shrimp (and my veggies) until, in a panic, I thickened the batter with extra flour. I also felt like I had to turn up the heat in order to get it to cook properly, instead of turning it down. It wasn't until I was halfway through my shrimp supply that I'd re-watched the video, and saw how significant it was to 'gather' the flecks and lay the food on top of it. Food was coming out much better towards the end when I realized this.

[lareinecruz]

Did this recipe for the first time, and it turned out so well! I love how the crunch stays even after I cooked it hours ago!

[SmoothOperator]

Of all the video instructions I have seen so far, your trick of frying the batter first to wrap around the prawns produces the best looking tempura in my book. Thank you !

[incogbroadcaster]

Thankyou! I literally shouted in joy when you showed how to make it flaky, with that initial drop of batter. Thankyou!

[sadiamansoor]

Hi i dont know ur name..but i tried ur recipe ..its truly amazing and most delicious i found. Thanks for making simplest & yummiest. God bless you.

[durojayieheru]

Fried shrimp is one of the best delacasies a human can have

[monacan]

All my husband wants for his birthday is tempura... so I've been looking at recepis and how to make tempura and all other videos are so extra, and just overwhelming but yours! You have made it seem easy and do able. Thank you!

[martinpoblador]

Probably the best Tempura how-to video in YouTube. Good job man!!!

[zlee]

use high heat so it doesnt soak too much oil. put the shrimp in the batter, pour some into the oil stir it with chopstic and immediately fry the shrimp.

[cher_cherry]

When your body hates you and decides to develop a shrimp allergy after you’ve been eating shrimp most of your life

[morganphillipsburg]

Nice video! Concise but descriptive, and I like the summary of the entire process at the beginning.

[sophiaetka]

Best thing in existence. I adore this stuff, and it’s literally my favorite food.

[suziahdonnet]

Thank you so much for your cooking recipe and method. It worked. My kids are their friends really love it and they asked for second serving. Not only that they decide to stay for dinner as well when I told them I’m serving the same dish. Thank you so much...

[charlesfoleysr]

I have watched several videos of shrimp tempura. Yours is very very interesting. Adding the batter to the oil then frying it onto the shrimps is a unique idea. I will be trying it. I've had trouble with the frying oil washing the wet batter off the shrimp when emerged in the oil. This looks like it will take care of that problem. Thanks😊

[AlexandraBruce]

Wow, not mixing the clumps and cooking the flakes first and putting the shrimp on top of the flakes. O-M-G! You are incredible - thank you!

[veggiea]

Looks really good! One thing that I've seen a lot of folks making tempura batter do is use sparkling water to make the batter extra light.

I'd never thought about precooking some batter and rolling the shrimp around in it! That's a really good way to get layers of crisp.

[elsalisa]

Gorgeous shrimp! Never seen this technique but it looks perfect. So glad I found this video.

[maybevale]

I’m about to fix some tempura for dinner and I’m glad i click your video. Very straightforward and not intimidating to watch if you know what I mean. Thank you! New subscribers now.❤️

[ejayman]

So I made this last night and it was fantastic! I used Panko breadcrumbs on half of them which made them even crunchier (the crunchier the better in my opinion).
Next time I do them I'm going to add a few spices to perk up the batter and maybe marinade the prawns in some soy sauce or something for a bit beforehand. I will definitely be cooking this more!