8 Reviews of Coconut Prawns

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.

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.

From: Mysterygirl

On Dec 31, 2004

I halved the recipe and served two of us. They were so good. I used sweetened coconut and they were very tasty. For sauce though I mixed orange marmalade, dijon mustard and horseradish. That gave it just the right bite. Now I have the other 12 in the freezer so that I can make this recipe again.

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!

From: LeeAnn

On Dec 19, 2001

These were good - I liked them better with the jalepeno jelly than the coctail sauce.

From: Torrellas Edgar

On Dec 7, 2001

Very good and easy to prepare.

From: Lynda

On Nov 3, 2001

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