Description
Create delicious Chinese buffet-style coconut shrimp at home. This recipe offers a tasty, restaurant-quality dish.
Ingredients
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- 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/4 cup milk
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- Optional white sauce ingredients: mayonnaise, sour cream, sugar, vinegar
Instructions
- Prepare the shrimp: Pat the shrimp dry.
- Set up breading stations: Place flour, salt, and pepper in one bowl. In another, whisk egg and milk. Put shredded coconut in the third bowl.
- Bread the shrimp: Dredge each shrimp in flour, then dip in egg mixture, and coat with coconut.
- Fry the shrimp: Heat oil in a pan. Fry shrimp in batches until golden brown.
- Make the white sauce (optional): Mix mayonnaise, sour cream, sugar, and vinegar to taste.
- Serve: Serve the coconut shrimp hot with the white sauce.
Notes
- Adjust the amount of sugar and vinegar in the white sauce to your liking.
- For extra flavor, add a pinch of garlic powder to the flour mixture.
- Make sure the oil is hot enough before frying the shrimp.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: Chinese-American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4 shrimp
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 12g
- Cholesterol: 100mg