Gordon Ramsay Challenges Nyesha Arrington To Create The ULTIMATE Popcorn Shrimp

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When Gordon Ramsay sets a challenge, you don’t just cook—you elevate. In this episode of Next Level Kitchen, Nyesha Arrington takes the humble popcorn shrimp and transforms it into a world-class, "Top Floor" masterpiece featuring a unique Popcorn Furikake. Trust us this is Popcorn Shrimp taken to the Next Level!

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*Recipe*
Popcorn Shrimp

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients:
1 ½ lb raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
¾ cup buttermilk
1 ½ cups rice flour
1 ½ cups corn starch
1 tablespoon kosher salt
2 teaspoons ground black pepper
Canola oil or vegetable oil for deep frying

Spicy mayonnaise
1 cup mayonnaise
¼ cup white miso paste
¼ cup sriracha
1 tablespoon sorghum syrup or agave syrup
Juice of 1 lime

Popcorn Furikake
2 teaspoons canola oil
½ cup wholegrain sorghum
¼ cup bonito flakes
2 sheet nori seaweed, toasted
2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon togarashi seasoning
2 teaspoons flaked sea salt

Garnish:
Lime cheeks

Method:

• Combine the shrimp, buttermilk, salt and pepper in a bowl and toss to coat. Shake off any excess.

• Combine the rice flour and corn starch in a large bowl. Add the shrimp, toss to coat then transfer to a large sieve to shake off the excess flour.

• Whisk together the spicy mayonnaise ingredients together in a large bowl.

• Heat the oil for deep frying to 350ºF. Fry the shrimp in batches for 50-60 seconds until golden and crisp.

• Drain, then tip into a bowl and toss in spicy mayonnaise. Dust with the popcorn furikake and serve with lime cheeks.

Popcorn Furikake

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium-high heat. Add the sorghum and cover with a lid. Cook for 2-3 minutes until the popping stops, then remove from the heat and leave to cool.

• Pulse the bonito flakes and nori sheets in a food processor to a fine crumb, then add the remaining ingredients and pulse again to combine. Tip into a bowl, add the puffed sorghum and toss to combine.

Prep list:
• All ingredients weighed and measured
• Backup puffed sorghum

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