Coconut Shrimp

"This is my adaptation of a Robin Miller Quick Fix recipe. She also made a homemade garlic sauce that I didn't care for, so I made these with a traditional sweet & sour dip recipe to accompany them. These turned out so delicious despite the few ingredients."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
4
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ingredients

  • 1 large egg
  • 23 cup beer (I used Sam Adams Double Bock)
  • 1 12 teaspoons baking powder
  • salt, to taste
  • black pepper, to taste
  • 34 cup all-purpose flour, plus more to dust
  • 2 cups desiccated coconut, shredded
  • 24 large shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails on
  • 2 -3 tablespoons canola oil (or more)
  • 1 cup sweet and sour sauce, as a dip (optional)
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directions

  • You will need a ziptop plastic baggie,2 shallow bowls and a platter set out before you begin.
  • Preheat a large skillet over medium-ish heat and heat enough oil to coat the bottom of the pan plus a bit extra (for shallow pan frying).
  • In one bowl, whisk together a batter using the egg, beer, baking powder,3/4 cup flour and some salt & pepper to taste, whisking until there are no more big lumps.
  • Place some extra flour into a ziptop plastic baggie.
  • Place coconut in a separate shallow bowl.
  • (DREDGE IN FLOUR):Drop all your shrimp into the baggie, seal bag, and shake until all are lightly dusted with flour.
  • (DUNK IN BATTER):Remove from bag and shake off excess flour. Grab 1 shrimp at a time and dip into the beer mixture, holding the tail, and letting excess drip off.
  • (COCONUT COATING):Next, drop the wet shrimp into the coconut and roll it around, pressing so the coconut sticks.
  • Set onto a platter and repeat until all the shrimp are coated.
  • Once all of your shrimp are coated with coconut, fry them in batches of about 6-8 in the heated oil just a few minutes, flipping once to brown & crisp both sides.
  • Drain on paper towels and serve with sweet & sour dip.

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Reviews

  1. This was great! Instead of sweet and sour, we used apricot preserves with a little chili sauce. Very good and very easy.
     
  2. awsome!!!!
     
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