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These healthy bang bang shrimp are crispy, tender, spicy, and creamy! They make a fantastic dinner recipe and are paleo, Whole30, gluten-free, grain-free, refined-sugar-free, and nut-free. Tossed in a sriracha-spiked creamy sauce, these bang bang shrimp are seriously good!
Let’s play a quick game of Never Have I Ever. I’ll start.
Never have I ever… won a game of Never Have I Ever.
Never have I ever watched the American Office. (I know. Don’t even try to convince me. It ain’t gonna happen. #Gervais4life).
Never have I ever gone to Bonefish Grill and not ordered bang bang shrimp.
Anyone drinking? Anyone at all? No? Didn’t think so.
It’s not difficult to understand why we’d all love crispy shrimp tossed in a creamy, spicy sauce, is it? The shrimp are so tender, wrapped in a crunchy little hug, coated in a sauce that brings in all the goodness from life and leaves behind all the poo-pooness. Well, no.
These Whole30 bang bang shrimp bring in all the goodness from life and leave behind all the poo-pooness. Because, of course, there are all sorts of wacky weirdness in those bang bang shrimp that make them, eh, not the best choice when you’re trying to eat healthily, avoid vegetable oils, refined grains, sugars, and preservatives. But don’t you worry, sister! These Whole30 bang bang shrimp are here to rescue you.
They’re dredged in an arrowroot and coconut flour mixture and pan-fried in your favorite oil then tossed in a homemade mayo + sriracha + coco aminos + ketchup mixture. Crispy, tender, spicy, creamy, perfection.
These Whole30 bang bang shrimp are, of course, paleo, gluten-free, grain-free, refined-sugar-free, and even nut-free, making them perfect to serve to almost anyone you know, except, of course, the vegetarians and vegans. And this recipe takes full advantage of homemade condiments that are super easy to prepare but that make all the difference in flavorful recipes.
Namely: my Whole30 sriracha recipe, my Whole30 ketchup recipe, and my Whole30 immersion blender mayonnaise recipe.
And make sure that when you dredge your shrimp, you ensure there’s no excess clinging on – you want just the coating on the shrimp to form a light and crispy shell around your crustaceans. A clumpy dredge will result in ultimately soggy shrimp – not what you want here!
Perfectly made with my Whole30 sriracha recipe, Whole30 ketchup recipe, and Whole30 immersion blender mayonnaise recipe.
Whole30 Bang Bang Shrimp (Paleo, Grain Free, Nut Free)
Ingredients
Shrimp
- 1 pound shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1 egg whisked well
- ⅔ cup coconut flour
- ½ cup arrowroot powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- pepper to taste
- coconut or avocado oil for frying
- sliced green onions green part only, for garnish, optional
- sesame seeds for garnish, optional
Bang Bang Sauce
- ¼ cup + 2 Tbsp. Whole30 mayonnaise
- 2 ½ tsp. sriracha or hot sauce
- 2 ¼ Tbsp. ketchup
- 1 ½ tsp. coconut aminos
- 1 garlic clove minced
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Stir together all sauce ingredients and set aside.
- Whisk together coconut flour, arrowroot powder, salt, and pepper in a wide bowl. Dip shrimp in eggs then dredge in flour. Shake off excess and place on a baking sheet or plate. Repeat with all shrimp.
- Heat a thin layer of oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Working in batches, fry shrimp, making sure not to crowd. Wait until the bottom side is nicely browned before flipping, then flip and cook through on the other side. Shrimp should be beautifully browned and crispy. Remove from skillet with a slotted spoon and repeat until all shrimp are fried.
- In a large bowl, toss shrimp with half of the sauce. Add more sauce to taste and toss. Serve with remaining sauce (if you have any). Top with sliced green onions and sesame seeds.
Approximate Information for One Serving
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Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.
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This was awesome…Thank you! Celiac has stolen a lot of favorites for my son and me…it’s wonderful to find a recipe like this. If you can make a copycat gluten free whole 30 Chick Fil A sandwich, my son would be thrilled! ?
The shrimp was GREAT! I moved away from Florida and no longer have a Bonefish nearby. 🙁
I was wondering if you have any suggestions for preventing the breading from coming off the shrimp while tossing it in the sauce?
The less moisture you have on the shrimp durning the breading process, the more they will stick to your shrimp. Make sure they’re completely dry before breading them for optimal breading!
Can I just use coconut flour alone? No arrowroot flour ?
You could probably do that but if you have tapioca flour that would be a better substitute!
Would cassava flour work in place of arrowroot? And would almond flour work in place of coconut flour?
Can I sub coconut flour for almond flour?
Ok my second jaw dropping recipe in 2 days; this is very quickly becoming my new favorite website. My allergic-to-everything husband isn’t even the biggest fan of shrimp and he enjoyed these. I LOVED them, served over soft lettuce to make wraps. I admit I took some shortcuts, like crowding them all into one pan and simply pouring the eggy shrimps into the flour instead of carefully coating each one (and I like sauce so I poured all the sauce on at once but I did have 1.3 lbs shrimp). My grocery store had tapioca starch but no arrowroot powder so I used that 1:1, which seemed to have the desired effect. Thanks again for making me feel like a master chef!
Love hearing your adaptation! And so so happy you liked it 🙂
Delicious! This crust is perfect!
Can I use almond flour instead of Coconut flour and arrowroot powder?
I would not necessarily recommend it. The almond flour won’t produce the same texture alone as the two other flours together, but you might be able to substitute it for the coconut flour
Can I use all arrowroot powder instead of a split of arrowroot and coconut?
Raw shrimp, correct?
Yep! They’re cooked in the final steps.
Is there a way to make this a “bang bang alfredo” sauce?
I just made this for dinner – fanfreakintastic flavor! I made your immersion blender mayo (best recipe I’ve found to date) and the ketchup (which will be my new go-to for ketchup), only thing I missed was your sriracha, only because my grocery store didn’t carry those peppers :/ this was so good I was worried for a hot minute that I was cheating on my whole 30. Killer recipe 🙂
Judy, I am so glad you liked it!! And I hope you can find some red jalapenos or Fresno peppers because you would LOVE the sriracha!!
Never have I ever had bang bang shrimp, but I sure want to!!!
You will seriously love them, Raj! And a million times cleaner than what you would get at the restaurant 😀
Dude….bang bang shrimp = LIFE!