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This Crispy Shrimp and Avocado Bowl includes golden fried shrimp atop a bed of rice with fresh avocado, edamame, and crunchy cucumbers, topped with homemade yum yum sauce and sweet Thai chili sauce! The combo is heavenly for the best Asian shrimp bowl!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Golden, Crunchy Shrimp: fried to crispy perfection, you need this juicy shrimp in your life! Like coconut shrimp and popcorn shrimp.
- Perfect Veggies & Creamy Sauce: plump edamame, creamy avocado, and fresh cucumbers are topped with 2 earth-shattering sauces: homemade yum yum sauce and Thai sweet chili sauce!
- Delicious Dinner in a Bowl: yummy veggies, sauces, meats and sides—all in one bowl!
Spectacular Shrimp and Avocado Rice Bowl
Okay, truth time! Are you loving all of the rice bowls I’m sending your way? From salmon rice bowls to bang bang shrimp bowls, and now today’s shrimp and avocado rice bowl. It is just so satisfying when you have a rice bowl snugly held in your hands filled with all the yummy things!
This shrimp edamame bowl is mouthwatering and so well balanced: crispy fried shrimp, fresh cucumbers and edamame are served with creamy avocado and drizzled with from-scratch yum yum sauce and sweet Thai chili sauce.
Today’s recipe is a wonderfully tasty dinner with everything you need—the veggies, the meat, the sides, all in one incredible bowl!
Asian Shrimp Bowl Ingredients
- Shrimp: I like using large shrimp that’ve already been peeled and deveined to speed up the recipe.
- For breading: buttermilk, cornstarch, and Panko breadcrumbs create a crunchy, thick coating.
- Breading seasoning: garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper add just enough flavor to pair well with the sauces.
- Oil
- White rice: I used Jasmine rice for nice bouncy, fluffy texture.
- Toppings: Edamame, avocado, cucumber
- Sauces: yum yum sauce and Thai sweet chili sauce for the perfect creamy, spicy, sweet combo.
- Garnish: green onions and white sesame seeds
How to Make Crispy Shrimp Bowl
- Set out 3 shallow bowls. Add buttermilk to the first, cornstarch to the second, and Panko breadcrumbs, garlic powder, onion, salt and pepper to the last bowl.
- One at a time, dip the shrimp into the buttermilk, then cornstarch, back into the buttermilk, and finally into the Panko mixture.
- Deep fry shrimp for 2-4 minutes in a deep fryer or in 1-inch of 350°F oil. Set on a paper towel-lined plate.
- Evenly divide rice, fried shrimp, edamame, avocado, and cucumber into four bowls. Drizzle with yum yum sauce and Thai sweet chili sauce. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds. Enjoy the best shrimp and avocado bowl!
What Sauces to Serve with Shrimp and Rice Bowls
While I prefer serving this crispy shrimp bowl with yum yum sauce and Thai sweet chili sauce, you can try it with these super yummy recipes:
Shrimp Edamame Bowl Customizations
- Swap the Shrimp: instead of crispy shrimp, try my garlic butter shrimp, Asian Shrimp or bang bang shrimp
- Swap the Rice: sub white rice with brown rice, quinoa, low carb zucchini noodles, or your fave grain
- Sub cucumbers for sliced red peppers or purple cabbage, or your favorite raw veggies
- Sub edamame and avocado with kimchi and spicy Asian cucumber salad
Tools You Need
- Spider strainer – makes frying shrimp a breeze! Cleverly designed to help you grab lots of shrimp at the same time from the pan and leave the hot oil behind.
- Deep fryer – quickly and easily fry crispy shrimp in this deep fryer that lets you set the exact temperature you need.
- Drizzle Sauce Bottle – Erik an I love making homemade sauces—I use this bottle to keep them fresh and drizzle easily over everything!
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More Shrimp & Rice Bowl Recipes
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Crispy Shrimp and Avocado Rice Bowl
Equipment
Ingredients
Crispy Shrimp
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 1 ¼ cups Panko breadcrumbs
- 2/3 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
- ½ lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Vegetable oil for frying, as needed*
Crispy Shrimp Bowls
- 2-4 cups white rice, cooked
- 1 cup edamame, cooked
- 1 cup avocado, thinly sliced
- 1 cucumber, sliced
- 1 recipe Yum Yum Sauce
- ¼ cup Thai sweet chili sauce
- 1-2 green onions, sliced (green part)
- White sesame seeds, for garnish
Instructions
- Fry the Shrimp: Add buttermilk to a shallow bowl. Add cornstarch to a second shallow bowl. In large bowl, stir together Panko breadcrumbs, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
- One shrimp at a time, dip in buttermilk, then dredge in cornstarch, dip back into buttermilk, and finally dredge in Panko mixture, squeezing to seal in the breadcrumb coating.
- Heat oil in a deep fryer or a little over 1 inch of oil in a deep pan to 350°F. Deep fry shrimp for 2-4 minutes, until golden brown. Use a spider strainer to retrieve shrimp. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to catch excess oil.
- Make the Shrimp Bowls: Evenly divide rice, crispy shrimp, edamame, avocado, cucumber into 4 bowls. Drizzle with yum yum sauce and Thai sweet chili sauce. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Here is my homemade recipe for yum yum sauce—it’s so tasty and takes just 1 minute to make. You can also try spicy mayo, eel sauce, or sriracha mayo on these bowls.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
