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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (101g)

Recipe makes 6 servings

Calories 435
Calories from Fat 333 (76%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 37.0g 56%
Saturated Fat 14.4g 72%
Monounsaturated Fat 12.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 8.2g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 113mg 37%
Sodium 349mg 14%
Potassium 175mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 19.3g 6%
Dietary Fiber 1.5g 6%
Sugars 13.9g
Protein 8.2g 16%

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Coconut Prawns

Recipe #10663 | 31 min | 25 min prep | add private note
DiB's

By: DiB's
Aug 4, 2001

This serves 6 but I could happily eat them all and not have a guilty thought!

SERVES 6 , 24 prawns (change servings and units)

Ingredients

  • 24 prawns or 24 large shrimp
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons milk
  • 2-4 dashes hot sauce
  • 2 cups shredded coconut
  • 2/3 cup peanut oil

Directions

  1. 1
    Shell and devein and butterfly prawns-leave the tail if possible.
  2. 2
    In a bowl beat together the eggs, milk and hot sauce.
  3. 3
    Combine flour, salt and sugar on a separate plate and put the coconut in a bowl.
  4. 4
    Dip each prawn in: flour mixture first, egg mixture second, coconut third.
  5. 5
    At this point they can be placed on waxed paper and refrigerated until ready to cook.
  6. 6
    OR Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat, and fry to golden on each side.
  7. 7
    Serve with warmed jalapeno pepper jelly or cocktail sauce.

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From: Angelmingo

On Nov 24, 2008

I had about 6 people over for dinner and decided at the last minute (my meal was late cooking) to make some of these little "darlings". Well it was a good thing I only made about 3 each because they would have ate these all night. A colossal hit at my house and they are all asking when I will make again. Simple, and easy. Sweet coconut is great, give them some spicy chili sauce and they disappear! Thanks DiB's. AM

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  • From: HotWifey

    On Feb 23, 2005

    I've never made better shrimp...these were absolutely perfect and tasted better than Outback's according to my husband. The sauce recommendation from one of the reviewers with honey mustard, orange marmalade & horseradish was awesome as well. Will make all the time now!

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  • From: MEAN CHEF

    On Jul 16, 2003

    Today at work we had a client who wanted coconut prawns this afternoon, so I had to scramble to find a recipe. We had all morning to experiment, so I started with this one. I tried it with both unsweetened coconut (because someone commented that the prawns were too sweet) and sweetened coconut. The result was the unsweetened version was way too bland and the ones with sweetened coconut were NOT too sweet. They were just right. The recipe is very easy to follow, quick to prepare and fairly fooproof. I found that I needed a bit more flour than called for. I used a saute pan with about 1/2 inch of oil so the prawns had to be turned once. They cooked in aout 1/2 the time suggested, but that may be a function of higher heat. The finished product was fine, although a bit bland for my taste. We served these with a spicy pineapple salsa. Needless to say I did not have to search further.

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    From: Gay Gilmore

    On Dec 26, 2001

    Ok, I think we used the wrong kind of coconut because ours were a bit sweeter than I would have liked, but serving it with a couple of different hot sauces helped balance it out. Would definately make again as a main course too.

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