popcorn shrimp
Bite-sized fried seafood
Popcorn shrimp are small, bite-sized pieces of shrimp that are breaded and deep-fried.
The name comes from their size and shape—roughly like popped corn—and the way they're eaten by the handful as finger food.
A staple of American seafood restaurants and fast food chains: We split an order of popcorn shrimp as an appetizer.
- deep-fryingCooking in hot oil
- beer batterLager-leavened frying mixture
- breadingCoating food before frying
- appetizerLight dish preceding main
- finger foodUtensil-free small bites
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- breaded foodsschnitzel, cutlet, tonkatsu, katsu, chicken schnitzel
- fried seafoodfried catfish, fried cod, fried clams, fried oysters, fried calamari
- shrimp dishesscampi, prawn curry
- convenience foodfrozen dinner, TV dinner, microwave dinner, ready meal, hot pocket
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- Seafood Appetizerscrab cakes, oysters, clams, mussels, calamari
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