Calabash-Style Rock Shrimp Sandwich

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    2

    sandwiches
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Salt & Shore: Recipes from the Coastal South

By Sammy Monsour and Kassady Wiggins

Published 2024

  • About

Sammy here. As a kid, I always looked forward to our family trips to the State Farmers Market in Raleigh, North Carolina. Sure, the produce was rad, but what really got my mouth watering were the fried popcorn shrimp sandwiches at the NC Seafood Restaurant, a Calabash-style fry house on the market grounds. This sandwich is a thing of local legend and deserves to be declared a national treasure. At its heart, it’s more like a fried shrimp plate, overflowing with locally sourced seafood and s