Salt and Pepper Shrimp

Description
This quick to prepare shrimp taste even better than they look.

Ingredients

 * 1 lb large shrimp in their shells (25)
 * 6 cups vegetable oil
 * ¾ teaspoon fine sea salt
 * ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
 * ½ teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder

Directions

 * 1) break the shell of the shrimp but leave in place, remove the legs and sharp points of the shell and wash thoroughly.
 * 2) Heat the oil in the skillet to 400 °F. Deep-fry shrimp for 1 to 1½ minutes until shell begins to boil.
 * 3) Bask the shrimp in a mixture of salt, pepper, and five-spice powder.
 * 4) Add the shrimp back into the skillet for another 30 seconds to a minute, and serve.