Baked Coconut Shrimp

From: Rayndrop

On Jun 7, 2009

ok...a little dry. needs some sort of dip with it.

From: Sarah_Jayne

On May 30, 2009

Ya mon, these were some yummy shrimp. My five star rating is coming from a few places. Firstly, and probably most importantly, I normally hate coconut. It is a texture thing rather than a taste thing and I have had the problem with it since I was a kid. Yet, I have always heard coconut shrimp was good. So, I decided to give this a go and I ended up really enjoying the recipe. I used Panko and there was enough going on in the mixture that the texture I normally don't like from coconut wasn't a problem at all. In fact, I even ate the coating that fell off and got extra crispy as they baked. Then, I loved the low fat nature of this. I can't have very fatty foods and that is another reason I often stay away from coconut. However, with this being baked and using just the egg whites I was able to indulge a bit. The only difference I made to the recipe was to serve it with lime wedges and spritz the shrimp with lime juice just before eating. That was really good! Made for Chow Hounds on ZWT5.

From: Derf

On Dec 27, 2005

Made these shrimp Sunday afternoon for an appetizer,mmmmmmmmm sooo good! Cut the recipe in half, worked out fine. the flavour is very good, we like cumin and garlic is always good, I used fine unsweetened coconut because that's what I had, maybe not as crisp but very very good, thanks for sharing chia. — posted Dec 16, 2002, UPDATE: Made these tonight(Dec 24/04) as part of Christmas eve dinner, they really are wonderfull, did them this time exactly as the recipe said, soo delicious with the flaked coconut and panco. We did 12 prawns and 6 big oysters, the oysters were as good as the prawns, nice and moist, much better than deep fried. This dish was the star of Christmas eve dinner!!thanks again for posting it !! — posted Dec 24, 2004, 2 members found this helpful Dec 24,2005, Me Again, this is our favourite seafood coat, and here we are again on Christmas eve, it has become a tradition for us, this year I did Oysters, jumbo prawns and scallops, Yummy!!! They were sooo good and always a big hit, Thanks again Chia!!!!

From: codeace

On Jul 3, 2005

very good, much easier than deep fat fryed shrimp much less mess,came out fairly crisp but coconut needs to be chopped or ground as not much or it stayed on the shrimp. Added 6 pepper spice [durkee],white pepper, and seasoning salt to crumb mixture for extra flavor. Used med. shrimp cooked 4 min. on each side. I'm sure if you had jumbo shrimp so you could cook them longer would probaly be crisper.