Air Fryer Hooter’s Buffalo Shrimp

This is an air fryer Hooter’s buffalo shrimp recipe. It’s a copycat recipe made with a light batter and tossed with hot sauce. It tastes just like Hooter’s shrimp and cooks quickly for an easy dinner!

If you’re like us and no longer have a Hooter’s restaurant nearby, try making this copycat version at home.

It’s made by coating the shrimp in a light batter, air frying until crunchy, and then tossing in buffalo sauce.

It’s very similar to my air fryer Hooter’s chicken wing copycat recipe. Anytime I made the Hooter’s chicken wings I received comments that the sauce tasted like the shrimp we order there. I decided to give the recipe a try with shrimp and it really did taste like it.

Ingredients Needed

Shrimp

• Raw Large Shrimp, deveined, tail off
• All-Purpose Flour
• Paprika
• Garlic Powder
• Black Pepper

Buffalo Sauce

• Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
• Butter

How to Make Air Fryer Hooter’s Buffalo Shrimp

• In a shallow dish, combine flour and spices. Coat shrimp in flour.
• Refrigerate shrimp for 15 minutes to allow the coating to adhere.
• Add butter and Frank’s Red Hot Sauce to a microwave-safe bowl and heat for 30-60 seconds.
• Remove shrimp from the refrigerator. Spray cooking oil in the bottom of the air fryer basket. Add a single layer of shrimp, and lightly spray with cooking oil.
• Cook for 6 minutes at 390 degrees Fahrenheit, flipping halfway.
• Repeat until all shrimp is cooked.
• Toss shrimp with sauce and serve.

How to Reheat Shrimp in the Air Fryer

I recommend reheating at a lower temperature so that the shrimp does not become chewy or rubbery.

Set the temperature to 300 degrees Fahrenheit and cook the shrimp for 2-3 minutes per side to warm them up. If you have a lot of sauce on the shrimp, I recommend adding a layer of parchment paper or lining the basket with foil so it does not become too messy.

I find that reheating in the air fryer helps food retain some of its crispness that often gets soggy when reheating in the microwave.

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Air Fryer Hooter’s Buffalo Shrimp

This is an air fryer Hooter’s buffalo shrimp recipe. It’s a copycat recipe made with a light batter and tossed with hot sauce. It tastes just like Hooter’s shrimp and cooks quickly for an easy dinner!

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Course: Appetizers

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 8 minutes

Cook Time: 7 minutes

Refrigeration Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4 Servings

Author: Tiffany

Ingredients

Shrimp

• 1 pound Raw Large Shrimp, deveined, tail off
• ¾ cup All-Purpose Flour
• ½ tsp Paprika
• ½ tsp Garlic Powder
• Pinch of Black Pepper

Buffalo Sauce

• ¼ cup Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
• ¼ cup Butter

Instructions

 

• In a shallow dish, combine flour, paprika, garlic powder, and black pepper. Dredge shrimp in flour, shake off any excess.
• Place shrimp in the refrigerator for 15 minutes to allow the coating to adhere.
• Meanwhile, add butter and Frank’s Red Hot Sauce to a microwave-safe bowl and heat for 30-60 seconds in the microwave until butter has melted.
• Remove shrimp from the refrigerator. Spray oil in the bottom of the air fryer basket. Add a single layer of shrimp, and lightly spray with cooking oil. Set the temperature to 390 degrees and cook for 3 minutes, then flip, and cook for 3 minutes more. Will likely need to cook in two separate batches until all shrimp is cooked.
• Toss shrimp with buffalo sauce and serve.

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Nutrition

Calories: 269 kcalCarbohydrates: 19 gProtein: 18 gFat: 13 gSaturated Fat: 7 gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1 gMonounsaturated Fat: 3 gTrans Fat: 1 gCholesterol: 173 mgSodium: 1194 mgPotassium: 162 mgFiber: 1 gSugar: 1 gVitamin A: 578 IUVitamin C: 1 mgCalcium: 68 mgIron: 1 mg