"Something Smells Fishy"
This is my sisters favorite dish. Actually, let me take that back, this
was my sisters favorite dish before she suddenly developed an allergic reaction
to shrimp in her 20’s. After years of sampling coconut shrimp from every single
restaurant we have ever been to that sells it, her heart sinks because she can
no longer eat it. She was indeed the coconut shrimp queen. This post is in dedication
to her former self, I pray she does not suddenly develop allergies to lobster,
because then she would really be devastated.
Coconut shrimp is a dish I have always wanted to make, but I’ve never
had unsweetened coconut flakes just laying around. I purchased a huge bag of
the Bob mills flakes for a recipe last month and had the rest in the freezer. I
made sure to take the opportunity to try my hand at some coconut shrimp. Fried
shrimp I have mastered, I almost always have panko bread crumbs, corn starch
and flour. I always wondered if the
coconut flakes really adhere to the shrimp like panko. I was pleasantly surprised
to find out that it does.
I wanted to make this very
coconutty. I added coconut in all the layers If I had coconut flour I would
have mixed the regular flour and the coconut flour in a 50/50 ratio. Never-the-less
the shrimp is dipped in coconut milk, dredged in coconut flakes and fried in
coconut oil. The natural sweetness and nuttiness from the flakes is accentuated
by the fact that its fried in coconut oil. I would recommend using an organic
cold pressed variety of oil so that you get the coconut flavor. Coconut oils
that are not cold pressed tend to lose the coconut flavor, even though they
still have all the other valuable properties. For me a coconut oil must smell
and taste nutty.
Overall this was a delicious bite, would make a great appetizer, or
even a main dish. It was super easy to
make. The video instructions was filmed with close up shots; journey of one shrimp
to accentuate how easy it really is to make. I didn’t want to get into sauces,
because its quite good on its own. But feel free to dip this in whatever your hearts
desires….even ketchup.
Ingredients (printable ingredient list)
1 lb Shrimp (peeled and deveined tail on)
½ teaspoon Salt (or more to taste)
1 tablespoon Onion powder
1 cup Coconut milk
1 cup Flour
1 cup unsweetened Coconut flakes
Enough Oil to fry
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