Coconut Shrimp

HeatherFeather's Note:

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.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 large egg
• 2/3 cup beer (I used Sam Adams Double Bock)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• salt, to taste
• black pepper, to taste
• 3/4 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)

Directions:

1. You will need a ziptop plastic baggie,2 shallow bowls and a platter set out before you begin.
2. 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).
3. 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.
4. Place some extra flour into a ziptop plastic baggie.
5. Place coconut in a separate shallow bowl.
6. (DREDGE IN FLOUR):Drop all your shrimp into the baggie, seal bag, and shake until all are lightly dusted with flour.
7. (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.
8. (COCONUT COATING):Next, drop the wet shrimp into the coconut and roll it around, pressing so the coconut sticks.
9. Set onto a platter and repeat until all the shrimp are coated.
10. 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.
11. Drain on paper towels and serve with sweet & sour dip.

Reviews

[Lightly Toasted]

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

[Glory to God!]

awsome!!!!