If you’re a shrimp fan, have you tried the Kirkland Signature Tempura Shrimp from Costco? I love ordering tempura shrimp when we go to restaurants that offer it and have high hopes that this Costco version is just as good!
Tempura is usually meat, vegetables, sweet potatoes or seafood like shrimp that has been battered and deep fried. I like all kinds of tempura but my favorite is definitely shrimp tempura. When I saw the Costco Kirkland Signature Tempura Shrimp at Costco I wanted to pick it up to enjoy tempura at home without needing to go to a restaurant!
Other similar products from Costco are the Kirkland Signature Breaded Panko Shrimp, SoKusa Shrimp Chips, P.S.I’s Grande Gourmet Coconut Shrimp, Authentic Asian Hand Wrapped Shrimp Wonton Soup, Sato Asian Fare Shrimp Wontons and Seacore Frozen Lobster Tails.
Location in Store
You can find the tempura shrimp in the freezer aisle at Costco. The item number is 1562720.
Taste
Delicious! I really enjoy these. The batter is light and crispy despite being a bit oily and greasy. There’s a good ratio of batter to shrimp, the shrimp are pretty big which is nice because I find a lot of tempura can be mostly batter and tiny shrimp. The actual shrimp is tasty and not very fishy-tasting.
The dip tastes just like soy sauce, but it’s tasty and complements the shrimp well.
Cost
The 1.15-kilogram box costs $24.99 Canadian at Costco. You get six sauces along with the large bag of thirty shrimp in the box.
Convenience
I think these would be amazing in an air fryer but I put mine in the oven and was pleasantly surprised by how crispy they turned out.
The tempura shrimp needs to be kept frozen and the best before date is almost a year from the date we purchased them. They’re a product of Vietnam. Although the shrimp comes with a soy dipping sauce I think that a plum sauce or sweet chili sauce would also be really tasty with these!
I highly recommend these as an appetizer if you’re hosting a party or get-together or just to enjoy as a family at home! The bag is resealable so you can cook as many or as few as you want.
Nutrition
Calories
Three tempura shrimp are 290 calories, 13 grams of fat, 34 grams of carbohydrates, two grams of fibre, zero grams of sugar, nine grams of protein and 460 milligrams of sodium.
290 calories isn’t a ton but the problem is that I could easily eat like six or eight tempura shrimp in one go.
A tablespoon of dipping sauce is 20 calories, zero grams of fat, six grams of carbohydrates, zero grams of fibre, four grams of sugar, zero grams of protein and 230 milligrams of sodium.
Ingredients
I know it’s important for some people if the shrimp are wild caught or farm raised, the shrimp in the tempura are farm raised. The ingredients list for both the dipping sauce and tempura shrimp seem pretty typical and not at all healthy! These contain wheat, soy and shrimp.
Scoring
Taste: 9/10
Cost: 7/10
Convenience: 8/10
Nutrition: 3/10
Overall
Must buy!
If you like tempura and want to enjoy it in the comfort of your own home, this is a must buy.
Have you tried the Kirkland Signature Tempura Shrimp? What did you think of it?
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Mine are cooking right now so I can’t comment on the taste. But I am very upset about the misleading package. It said there were 30 count shrimp which is what I based my dinner plans on tonight. There were only 21 in my box. I think I should get a partial refund.
I absolutely loved these tempura shrimp. Great size for boxed frozen shrimp. We used to get sea pak shrimp and they have gotten so small in size that we stopped eating them. We tried these tempura shrimp and thought they were terrific. Nice extra large shrimp and the batter was excellent.
If you like fish sticks, you’ll love these. Mostly coating and zero taste. Costco really missed the boat with this product. Very disappointing.
FANTASTIC!! Used air fryer for 8 minutes — turning over once. Wish you would offer sauce separately, as there is not enough for the amount in the box. AND I’d like to use the sauce with some other dishes. Please let me know if and when you ever do this. I will be sure to buy!!
Air fryer for these is key ..
Loved them for a little
shrimp taco snacky
That shrimp is so delicious every time I go to Costco I buy never forget get to buy most delicious shrimp I ever eat
Gross! I purchase these because I love tempura shrimp, and was excited after reading rave reviews. I cannot imagine why anyone thinks these over-breaded, disgustingly greasy things are anything resembling true Japanese shrimp tempura. I cooked 8 of them for our dinner, then threw them and what was left in the box out with the garbage after tasting. My husband was equally disgusted. Wish I could throw up.
Did your review be any more negative? Most likely not happy with a lot of things.
Just because a review is negative, you think the reviewer must be an unhappy person??? Obviously, you get plenty of exercise jumping to so many conclusions! I suppose you’ve never had a completely negative opinion of anything you’ve ever purchased?
Don’t mince words, what are really trying to say! Quit beating around the bush and get to the point…🤣 they exceeded my expectations, yes a little too greasy and a little heavy on the breading, however my upfront expectations were never to be on the same level as a quality Japanese restaurant so I was pretty impressed. BTW, we used an airfryer for 6-8 mins. We will be buying again..
These are on my to get list after reading your review. I love shrimp and tempura just adds another kind to my list. I wish companies would start trying things out in air fryer and put on packaging like they do for oven, microwave etc. So many people are using them now. thanks for giving review have caught a few things to put on by to try list.
Definitely enjoy these! Had them again a few nights ago.
These are great ! Glad they are now carrying them all the time not just at Christmas. They are about half the price compared to other stores.