Baked Coconut Shrimp With Tropical Dipping Sauce Food

COCONUT SHRIMP WITH THE BEST DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Rinse shrimp in cold water and pat dry with paper towels.
• Set up 3 shallow bowls. In the first, stir together 1/4 cup flour, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. In the second, add eggs and lightly beat with a fork. In the third, combine 1 1/2 cups coconut flakes and 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs.
• Dredge shrimp in flour, dip in beaten egg and then finally dip in coconut crumb mixture using your hands to press the mixture onto the shrimp. Transfer to a Reynolds® Parchment Paper lined baking sheet and repeat with remaining shrimp. Once all of the shrimp are breaded, saute right away.
• Place a large non-stick pan over medium heat and add enough oil to generously cover the bottom. Once oil is hot, add shrimp and saute 2 to 3 minutes, flip and saute another 2 minutes until golden brown on both sides and shrimp is firm and pink. Cook in batches and don't overcrowd the pan.
• Stir together the sweet chili sauce and apricot preserves and serve with coconut shrimp.

BAKED COCONUT SHRIMP WITH TROPICAL DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Line a baking sheet with a cookie cooling rack.
• Spray with non-stick olive oil spray.
• In a small bowl, whisk together egg and water.
• Add flour to a small plate.
• Season with a touch of salt and pepper.
• On a medium plate toss together shredded coconut and panko.
• Coat shrimp in the flour. Pat off excess.
• Coat in egg, makes sure all excess is off.
• Coat in coconut, pressing the coconut and breadcrumbs into the shrimp.
• Line up on cookie cooling rack.
• Once all the shrimp are coated, pop into the oven and bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• While the shrimp are baking, make the sauce.
• Mix the yogurt, crushed pineapple, coconut and salt together until combined.
• Serve hot shrimp with dipping sauce.

COCONUT SHRIMP W/ SWEET TROPICAL DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare the sauce: Whisk all the sauce ingredients together and chill for an hour.
• Prepare the shrimp, leaving the tails on.
• Mix the water with the eggs.
• Cover shrimp with flour, dip in the eggs, then dip in the coconut to cover.
• Fry the shrimp (a few at a time) in the cooking oil over medium heat until slightly brown and toasted.
• Serve with the dipping sauce.

COCONUT SHRIMP WITH DIPPING SAUCE (BAKED)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 F (200 C).
• Prepare a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a small bowl, place 2 tbsp (30 mL) of the coconut milk; cover and refrigerate.
• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine remaining coconut milk, jalapeno, cilantro and shrimp.
• Seal bag and turn to coat.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Place flour in a shallow bowl. In another bowl, lightly beat egg whites.
• In a third bowl, combine bread crumbs and coconut.
• Drain shrimp and discard marinade.
• Dip shrimp in flour and egg whites, then roll in crumb mixture.
• Place shrimp on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 7 to 9 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.
• Meanwhile, for dipping sauce, combine preserves and mustard with reserved coconut milk.
• Serve with shrimp.

LOW-FAT BAKED COCONUT SHRIMP WITH DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Toast Coconut: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread coconut in shallow baking pan. Bake 7-10 minutes or until lightly toasted, stirring occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Toss coconut with combined coating mix, curry powder and ground red pepper in pie plate.
• Beat egg in separate pie plate.
• Dip shrimp in egg, then into coating mixture, pressing shrimp into coating mixture to evenly coat both sides.
• Place on lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until shrimp are cooked through.
• While shrimp is baking, combine marmalade, rice wine vinegar and red pepper flakes in small sauce pan on med-low for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.