Bang Bang Shrimp - Copycat from Bonefish Grill

I've been making this for quite a while. This is the recipe I use because it tastes closest to Bonefish Grill's. I wondered if CookJTB might have used some of the Heinz-type chili sauce when mentioning that it tastes like bad Thousand Island dressing. This shouldn't taste anything close to that. Last time I made it, I was out of the sweet Thai chili sauce. I mixed up apricot jam with a little vinegar, garlic, ginger and hot pepper flakes and it tasted just the same. And YES! Just a little spoonful of peanut butter really does make it just perfect!

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Perfect!!! I did made a few slight changes: First I added a small amount of red curry paste to sauce. Then when preparing shrimp, I coated shrimp in the corn starch. Then did an Egg wash. Last dipped in Panko bread crumbs Then cooked in oil. My husband said it was the best recipe yet!!

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Verrrry bad. Sauce was disgusting. You might have used a different brand but it was still awfull. Don't waste money to buy ingriedients for this.. Please.

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This is close to the actual recipe for bang bang shrimp. How do I know, I work there and know the exact recipe. The sauce is mayo, mae ploy brand sweet thai chili sauce and garlic chili sauce (hoy fong foods brand). Shrimp are soaked briefly in buttermilk and tossed in seasoned flour.

No peanut butter, no sriracha. I won't give the measurements though but i promise you those are the ingredients. The author of this recipe is very close tho.

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Sorry, but I found this recipe in need of just a bit too much "doctoring" from the original. The coating by itself was alright- and admittedly I never would have thought to fry in cornstarch, but I ended up trying it again with some cornmeal mixed in, and liked that much better. Also, the sauce, as another reviewer noted, reeked of mayo. I tried it again using low fat mayo, which did help cut the mayo-ey taste, but it still was very overpowerig. After a bit more chili sauce, and a LOT more Sriracha (the hot sauce I used) it was better though. Maybe home-made mayo would help? Sometime I might get ambitious and try it. I love this appetizer at bonefish, but in my opinion this recipe in it's current form is not that great of a copycat, nor that great on it's own.

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Just made this. It's awesome. Just be sure to buy the shrimp already cleaned and deveined.

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YUCK! It tastes like bad Thousand Island dressing. This recipe is not even close. I used about a tbsp of hot chili sauce before the heat would even cut the mayo flavor. Glad I didn't fry the shrimp yet. I might have to give dinniselect a try eventhough I'd rather have a homemade recipe.

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These are tasty, but I wish the coating was thicker. Maybe do that tempura batter next time?

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Simple enough recipe,but it's not like the real thing. Way too much mayo. I tried to save the sauce by adding 3x the about of sweet chili sauce, but all I ended up with was a ton of funky sauce.

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such a silly recipe. It reeks of mayo. I was so embarrassed. Wont make it again:(

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I made these for our annual Christmas party, and they got poor reviews all around. I thought that the sauce tasted too much like mayo, but most said that they didn't taste like anything. I will continue to try to tweak this, because they're my favorite app at Bonefish.

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Shrimp in cornstarch is nothing worth noting...<br/>The sauce is just mayo with 1/4 chili sauce and a few drops hot sauce...BIG DEAL.<br/>I doubt this is a "copycat," as it's beyond simple.

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I made this recipe for a halftime snack two weeks ago. My dad is not a deep fried food eater. He really enjoyed it very much so. I find this recipe to be gluten friendly and told my weightloss group.

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This recipe was Okay.... even with several tweaks. I took the advice of other reviewers and cut down on the mayo to about 1/3 c. did a little extra thai chili sauce than what it called for and also added 1/2 tbsp. of peanut butter. As far as the Sriracha goes my toddler could have ate it with 3 or 4 drops in it. It takes alot more than that to kick the flavor up, another reviewer was dead on don't be afraid of it. I also breaded the shrimp in a corn starch/ flour mix which was good. All in all even with all the tweaks the sauce was still too thick and I didn't have anything on hand to cut it down with but the flavor was decent. Definitely a good meal but it has potential to be a great one. Kind of like an imitation Bang Bang shrimp but not a copycat.

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This was a great recipe. I did half the mayo though and it came out perfect. For my personal taste I did had more of the hot sauce but that should be done to your taste.

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Felina is definitely on the right track w/ the spoonful of peanut butter. The first time I had bang bang I thought it was sweet spicy & delicious but didn't question what was in it. The 2nd time my friend mentioned peanut butter. Then the next bite I could taste it. It's painfully obvious once it's been brought to your attention. I havent tried to make this @ home yet so I can't say how exactly to fix this sauce, but I can say peanut (most likely in butter form) is part of how it's done right.

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This was awesome and to add ease, I used frozen popcorn shrimp cooked. I t works well and reduces the time spent preparing.

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WAAAAAAYYYYYYY too much mayonnaise. I found this helpful only because I hadn't the slightest clue where to start with the Bang Bang Sauce. Thai Sweet Chili Sauce was right (I used Thai Red Curry Sauce).

Anyway, with the mayonnaise the sauce was the wrong color and definitely the wrong taste. I agree with the person who said bad Thousand Island dressing... it was most like some burger chain's nasty secret sauce.

I suggest a 1/4 cup Red Curry Sauce, a teaspoon of mayo, several SHAKES of Sriracha (this person's recipe had no heat to it at all). A few drops of ranch dressing and a few shakes of red pepper give it a nice spicy tang too.

I do give props to this recipe for at least pointing me in the right direction.

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What an awesome recipe. This is one of those copycats that is so close to the real thing you wouldn't know the difference. I've made this 5 or 6 times, and my only advice is to be careful with the mayo/thai chili sauce. If you use too much, it can be too sweet. I usually use slightly under the recommended portions.

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This stuff is the bomdidgle

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