Coconut Shrimp

Coconut Shrimp is coated in sweet, crispy coconut and quickly fried. Ready in 20 minutes! Serve it with a sweet chili dipping sauce and just watch it disappear. This restaurant menu favorite is so easy to make at home.

Favorite Appetizer

My favorite appetizer when we go out to dinner is always Coconut Shrimp.  If it is on the menu I am there! There is no need to wait until you go out to dinner though to enjoy this delicious appetizer. You can make it at home in under 20 minutes! 

This shrimp is perfect as an appetizer or as a meal!

Ingredients Needed

• Shrimp. I used large shrimp, 21-25. The number tells you how many shrimp there are to one lb. You can use smaller shrimp if you prefer.
• Coconut. You can used sweetened or unsweetened shredded coconut, which ever you prefer. I prefer the sweetened.
• Garlic Powder. This is optional but adds some nice flavor.
• Flour. All purpose flour
• Egg. Beat egg well so you don’t see any egg white.

• Oil. Use vegetable or canola oil for frying or an oil with a high heat point.

How to Make Coconut Shrimp Recipe

• Thaw shrimp
• Set up three bowls, one with beaten egg, one with coconut and one with flour.
• First, Holding the shrimp by the tail, first dip into beaten egg.

• Second, dredge shrimp in the flour mixture, coating both sides of the shrimp.

• Third, dip the shrimp into the coconut, coating both sides.

• Lay shrimp in a single layer on a plate or baking sheet.

• Heat oil in a large flat bottomed pan.
• Cooking in batches, gently place shrimp into hot oil. Oil should be 350 degrees F.
• Cook for 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. The more shrimp you put in the pan at a time, the longer it will take.

• Shrimp will turn pink when it is cooked.
• Place fried shrimp on a layer of paper towels and allow excess oil to absorb.
• Serve warm with dipping sauce.

Coconut Shrimp Dipping Sauce

My favorite thing to serve this shrimp with is this sweet with a little heat dipping sauce.

1. Apricot jam or preserves.  Can also use orange marmalade
2. Sweet Chili Sauce.  This will add heat to the sauce so use less of it if you prefer less heat.

• Combine sweet sweet chili sauce and apricot jam or preserves. I use a 1:1 ratio but if. you prefer a little less heat, do a 2:1 ratio of jam to sweet chili sauce.

Some of our other favorite appetizers include:

• Cream Cheese Corn Dip
• Bacon Wrapped Dates
• Cranberry Salsa
• The Best Cheeseball
• Cranberry Brie Appetizer
• Bloomin Onion Bread
• Olive Artichoke Dip
• Stuffed Mushrooms

For more delicious shrimp recipes try these:

• Garlic Herb Shrimp
• Firecracker Shrimp
• Low Country Boil {on the grill}

Originally shared November 11, 2014