Oven-Fried Shrimp and Okra Louisiana Po'boys

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Photo: Line T. Klein; Styling: Paige Hicks
Hands-on Time
33 Mins
Total Time
33 Mins
Yield
Serves 4 (serving size: 1 sandwich)
By Ann Taylor Pittman
July 2014
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped green onions
  • 1 tablespoon drained chopped capers
  • 2 tablespoons canola mayonnaise
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon Creole mustard
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
  • 1 small garlic clove, grated
  • 15 small okra pods, trimmed and halved lengthwise (about 6 ounces)
  • 1/2 cup fat-free buttermilk, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
  • 10 ounce medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 2/3 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt-free Cajun/Creole seasoning
  • 3 tablespoons canola oil
  • 4 top-split hot dog buns, toasted
  • 1/2 cup thinly sliced iceberg lettuce
  • 1 medium tomato, cut in half lengthwise and thinly sliced

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 396
  • Fat 15.7g
  • Satfat 1.4g
  • Monofat 8.5g
  • Polyfat 4.8g
  • Protein 18g
  • Carbohydrate 46g
  • Fiber 4g
  • Cholesterol 90mg
  • Iron 3mg
  • Sodium 754mg
  • Calcium 194mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Place a jelly-roll pan in oven. Preheat oven to 450° (leave pan in oven).

Step 2

Combine first 7 ingredients in a small bowl, stirring well. Chill until ready to use.

Step 3

Combine okra and 2 tablespoons buttermilk; toss to coat. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt; toss to coat.

Step 4

Place shrimp in a medium bowl. Sprinkle with flour; toss well to coat. Drizzle with remaining 6 tablespoons buttermilk, and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt; toss to coat. Drain okra and shrimp through a sieve; discard liquid.

Step 5

Combine cornmeal and Cajun/Creole seasoning in a large zip-top plastic bag. Add okra and shrimp; seal bag, and shake well to coat.

Step 6

Carefully remove pan from oven; drizzle with oil, tilting pan to spread oil. Remove shrimp and okra from cornmeal, shaking off excess; arrange in a single layer on pan. Bake at 450° for 5 minutes; carefully stir and turn over. Bake 4 minutes or until done.

Step 7

Spread about 1 tablespoon rémoulade on one side of hot dog buns; divide lettuce and tomato evenly among buns. Divide shrimp mixture evenly among buns.

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Ratings & Reviews

steponme's Review

Julie F
July 22, 2014
Good crisp on the shrimp and okra. Nice flavor and textures together; I don't care for unsalted creole seasoning so, I just added onion/garlic powders and ground red pepper to my cornmeal. The sauce was delicious. Fairly easy to put together, albeit, it was a bit of a pain having to take each piece of shrimp and okra one by one and put on the pan and the turn each piece over 1/2 way through baking, but finished product was worth it ;-).

mikoprice's Review

mikoprice
July 18, 2014
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Julie F's Review

EICrabb
July 09, 2014
Had to post this as the previous review makes absolutely no sense! Must be something else Valery is referring to as offensive. It sounds great and I would hate to pass it by due to a senseless low rating.

Valery203's Review

steponme
July 08, 2014
I have not tried it and won't The title is very offensive. We have had several deaths in construction zones in this state. Really, who came up with using construction zones and killer ahead in the same sentence. Only gave it a 1 star rating to be able to post,.

EICrabb's Review

Valery203
June 23, 2014
This was amazing. Had no idea that shrimp and okra could get that crispy without frying. Great recipe.