Ebi Mayo is a fantastic appetizer that is extremely easy to make, delicious, but strangely, very hard to find in American cities I’ve visited. Considering that, this is a great dish to show off to friends who may have never heard of it before. Please let me know if you have seen or eaten it in your city!
Yield: 2 servings
Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 12 ebi (shrimp or prawns), peeled and deveined
Spices
- 1/4 cup Japanese sake
- 5 tbsp katakuriko (or corn starch)
- Cooking oil
Spices (for sauce)
- 3 tbsp Japanese mayonnaise, such as Kewpie
- 1 tbsp milk
- 2 tsp catsup
- 2 tsp honey (or sugar)
Preparation
- Marinate peeled and deveined shrimp in sake for 2-3 minutes
- Dredge shrimp in katakuriko and fry in pan with about 1/4″ oil until cooked and golden brown (about 2 mins per side). Remove and transfer to paper towel. Pat to remove excess oil
- Mix spices for sauce together, coat shrimp with mixture and serve
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i am a filipina married to a japanese…i love your website.it is very helpful now that i’m trying all my best to learn cooking japanese food for my husband.
had this dish in hawaii w/ fish roe it was also spicy
There is a restaurant in Winfield, BC(Canada) that serves spicy ebi mayo. it is delicious! I order it every time I go.
There is a small Chinese buffet restaurant near where I live that also has some Japanese dishes too. As I was looking at all the food I could choose for lunch today, I was so surprised to see that one of the serving containers was filled with Ebi Mayo! So I got a little bit to eat with my lunch.
This restaurant is in Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States).
Excellent Recipe! Tried it and it came out tasting exactly like what you can get at a restaurant! Thank you!
Thanks, Geraldine! I’ve been there before but I don’t think I had the ebi mayo. Thanks for the tip!
Ebi mayo is really popular in Vancouver, BC (Canada). Great website, by the way ;)
Hi Mai-chan! I love your website! My Okasan was a fantastic Japanese cook, but unfortunately she never had recipes for her delicious dishes…I would have to watch her and write it all down. Your website is a blessing! I’m excited to try this ebi recipe and thrilled to find a Subuta recipe that looks close to my Okasan’s version. Arigato Gozaimasu from Denver, Colorado!
I’ve been to Sydney for a couple days! It’s a very nice city! Let us know how you like the recipes…. ebi mayo is one of my favorite izakaya dishes.
Mmmm after my exams I’ll definitely try your recipe out ! Also, I live in Sydney, and there’s a Japanese Restaurant called “Kasumi Izakaya” that serves a delicious ebi mayo :)
Many many thanks for your awesome website. I live in Japan married to a Kyoto man and really enjoy cooking and your website is so helpful now that I am putting all my efforts into learning japanese food and wanting to serve him things he is used to. Thanks!
arigatou ne… ebi mayo hayaku tsukuritai na… tabitai desu.