My daughter’s favorite food in the universe is a processed mess she calls “shrimp corn dogs.” I’m not gonna lie, those things are delicious. I wondered if I could make something similar with a little more health factor – baked instead of fried, fortified with more nutrition than a traditional flour batter. I experimented with a variety of different healthy cereals to create my breading and with baking vs. frying to create the ideal Shrimp on A Stick recipe. In the end, I am happy to report I was successful! I’m so excited about this recipe, I hope you try it and your kids enjoy it as much as Scarlet does.
These shrimp on a stick are crazy easy to make, almost mess free despite requiring breading (thank you, Ms. Stick), cook up in under 10 minutes, and don’t require any silverware to eat! The perfect summer kid food.
Tell me you don’t want to try that? Get our simple, kid-friendly summer recipe for Shrimp on A Stick and details of our super fun giveaway after the jump…
Start by soaking your skewers (this just makes sure they don’t burn in the oven):
Assemble your ingredients. You will need a plate of flour and some eggs:
For our recipe, we experimented with four different cereals to see which makes the most delicious breading for baked shrimp:
Put a cup of each cereal in a sealable bag:
Then you want to pound it into a powdery/grainy consistency and place on a plate. Which will taste best? Will it be Kellogg’s Corn Flakes?
Or Special K?
Or All-Bran?
Or Rice Krispies?
The contenders are lined up for the competition:
For flavor, let’s add some parmesan cheese (about 1/2 a cup), salt (about a teaspoon), pepper (about 1/2 a teaspoon), and dried parsley (about a tablespoon) to each:
Now it’s time to spear our shrimp.
Starting at the tail end, insert your skewer through the shrimp, straightening the shrimp as much as you can:
Until all your shrimp are sticked:
Dip your shrimp in the flour:
And turn to coat. This will help your cereal breading stick to the shrimp while baking:
Next, dip your flour-coated shrimp into your whisked eggs:
Coat the shrimp in egg:
Finally, dip your flour and egg coated shrimp stick into your pulverized cereal. We started with Corn Flakes:
Make sure to fully coat your shrimp on a stick so it is fully breaded:
Repeat with all of your shrimp, and in our case, in a variety of different cereals:
Now they are ready to bake! Throw them in a pre-heated 400 degree oven for about 8 minutes. Let them cool for a couple minutes but eat them warm! Serve them standing up in a bucket of sand…
Or on a platter of yumminess…
Now eat! We tasted all four: Corn Flakes, Special K, All-Bran, and Rice Krispies.
They were all delicious…
But the clear winner was Special K. So good! Corn Flakes were also delicious, lending a yummy corn flavor to the shrimp. All-Bran was also a delicious flavor, but extra crunch – good if you like crunch. Rice Krispies were our least favorite for not retaining crunch factor and being a bit bland (Ric Krispies and parmesan is a weird combo). Special K struck just the right balance between crunch and flavorfull. We highly recommend breading your shrimp with Special K!
Serve with fresh parsley and lemon wedges. Deelish.
This recipe was inspired by our sponsor Kellogg’s and their delicious cereals.
Kellogg’s challenges you to create your own cereal-inspired recipe ideas. Share them on twitter with #cerealchef and share them in our comments section below. What unusual recipe would you make with cereal? Tell us in the comments and be entered to win a Kellogg’s gift set, including:
· A bunch of yummy Kellogg’s cereals
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Happy cooking!
