Hawaiian Coconut Shrimp

Submitted by BeachGirl

"Inspired by a trip to Hawaii, these delicious, crispy golden shrimp have a nutty flavor, with a slight hint of coconut. The Honey Mustard Sauce is their perfect complement OR serve with Chinese Sweet and Sour Sauce, Recipe #54625. Great for appetizers (use medium size shrimp) or a meal!"

 

• Ready In: 42mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 10 appetizers
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• oil (for frying)

• SHRIMP

• 680.38 g large shrimp
• 177.44 ml self-rising flour (OR 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, 3/4 tsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt)
• 29.58-59.16 ml club soda
• 118.29 ml flaked coconut
• 59.14 ml all-purpose flour

• HONEY MUSTARD SAUCE

• 78.78 ml Dijon mustard
• 78.78 ml sour cream
• 78.78 ml honey
• 4.92 ml cream-style prepared horseradish
• 0.61 ml ground cinnamon or 0.61 ml nutmeg (optional)

directions

1. SAUCE: mix together all ingredients and set aside.
2. SHRIMP: Peel and devein shrimp, leaving the tails on.
3. Rinse and drain.
4. In Bowl 1, place 1/4 cup all-purpose flour.
5. In Bowl 2, mix 1/2 cup self-rising flour with club soda to form a batter.
6. In Bowl 3, place flaked coconut.
7. Holding each shrimp by the tail, dip in flour to cover, then in batter, and lastly in coconut.
8. Place each shrimp on waxed paper, repeating process until all shrimp are battered and covered in coconut.
9. At this point you can cover and refrigerate for several hours if you like, making it a quick-cook dinner later that day or the next day.
10. In hot oil, deep fry several shrimp for about 1-2 minutes until coconut is lightly golden brown.
11. Drain on paper towels.
12. Repeat process until all shrimp are cooked.
13. Serve with Honey Mustard Sauce.
14. Note: Spicy cocktail (tomato-based) sauce is not good with these shrimp.

Reviews

[Bisan]

Great recipe! I added some spices to the batter like paprika and cayenne. Will definately make again.

 

[carolanne]

My son told me this is a "keeper". I made no changes to this recipe. I ran out of coconut about three-quarters of the way through, but just put more in bowl #3.

 

[Rita1652]

This was just delightful! I did use 1 pound colossal shrimp. I found the recipe to use more club soda and I used 1 1/2 cups coconut flakes. The honey mustard sauce had just the right oomph!

 

[lolablitz]

Really great, made for New Year's Day get together. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because the recipe doesn't have the right amounts of ingredients listed and I would have been in big trouble if I didn't happen to have extra coconut on hand. I ended up adding quite a bit more soda and probably another cup of coconut flakes. I think next time I'll leave the coconut out to dry out a bit so it doesn't clump as much. Great sauce. Next time I will halve it though and I might try to make something sweeter. It was a hit at the party!

 

[lifestorybooks]

Very Good. Used water instead of soda and it still turned out great. Used 1-2 CUPS of Coconut. If you let the coated shrimp rest a bit before frying the coating stayed on better.