BUTTERMILK FRIED SHRIMP ON A KING SIZED BED OF GREENS

Ingredients...

Shrimp
Buttermilk
Cornmeal
Vegetable Oil
Salt & Pepper

Butter Leaf Lettuce
Roma Tomatoes
Lemon

I have been really into soaking my food in buttermilk before frying. I am not doing the egg and milk thing anymore since I discovered this buttermilk recipe for my onion rings. I use powdered buttermilk that you can get at the market, it is ridiculously expensive but whatever, it's worth it. You mix 1/2 cup of buttermilk and 3 1/2 cups of water. Whisk and then soak whatever it is you're going to fry. Longer the better, hours even. And then in a bag I put about 1/2 cup of flour and 1/2 of cornmeal and 2 tablespoons of salt and pepper.

Stockpots work best for frying. Set to high heat with about 1 or even 2 inches of oil (remember: you can recycle your oil). Once it has reached 200 degrees, you are good to go and I removed about 5 shrimp at a time to dust in the flour and cornmeal mixture. Do small batches, they fry better when not crowded.

For the salad part I chopped up a lot of butter leaf lettuce and perfectly ripened Roma's. Squeezed some lemon and tossed, then topped with amazing little fried creations. So simple- So grubbin.

IF THIS DISH WERE AN OUTFIT

Agatha Ruiz De La Prada