Coconut Shrimp

The Best Coconut Shrimp Recipe Comes Home

There’s that one restaurant coconut shrimp dish you always order when you go out, because it’s delicious, but also because you didn’t think that homemade coconut shrimp could be this easy. That’s why we are bringing you this recipe for coconut shrimp. It’s golden. It’s sweet. It’s crispy. And it’s the finger food you can’t resist dipping in a spicy and a sweet dipping sauce, so we’re giving you both! Everyone is happy, especially because you can make this easy coconut shrimp recipe using frozen shrimp. You’ll just have to give yourself a little extra time to thaw the shrimp, and then follow along with the recipe from there.

There’s Many Reasons To Love Homemade Coconut Shrimp

Does coconut shrimp taste good? Heck yeah it does. Once we pop one in our mouth, we can’t stop. We love this coconut fried shrimp because it’s a recipe that can be served as an easy side dish, main dish, or appetizer. We love a recipe that can do it all. It’s also a fairly flexible recipe in that it can be made using unsweetened shredded coconut if you don't want it to be as sweet. And you can make it gluten-free by using gluten-free Panko crumbs & gluten free flour. This crispy coconut shrimp recipe really does it all.

How To Make Coconut Shrimp

Frying shrimp is especially quick work because they are small and easy to manage, making them less intimidating than frying a bigger piece of fish or meat. You’ll need to set up three bowls for the batter station. One bowl is for the initial flour coat, a second bowl for the batter, and a third bowl contains the panko and coconut crust. This portion is easiest if you work it like a production line, one piece of shrimp at a time. From here, you’ll be ready to fry up the battered shrimp in batches of three or four at a time. Once the oil in your pot is glistening (325°F), carefully add 3 to 4 shrimp to the oil at a time, and cook, until golden brown. More frying tips can be found in our recipe for Perfectly Crispy Fried Chicken and our Fried Chicken Sandwich. And if you’re not in the mood for frying (like you just cleaned the stovetop after making bacon), you can give our Baked Coconut Shrimp recipe a try to save on the splatter.

Tools You’ll Need

• A deep-fry thermometer will take the guesswork out of this frying, but are not necessary

• A number of medium (3) and small (2) mixing bowls

• Large pot or Dutch oven

• Slotted spoon

Planning A Party? We Have More Great Recipes For You!

When your house is filled with guests, and you need food to feed a crowd, we have some great recipes to make everyone happy:

• Healthy Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard Sauce

• Shrimp Cocktail or Fresh Spring Rolls for easy dipping

• Jalapeno Poppers

• Homemade Chicken Taquitos

Or Maybe You’re Just Here For The Shrimp Recipes?

We’ve got plenty! There’s a million and one ways to make a shrimp (with thanks to Bubba), and here’s a few of the greats:

• Shrimp Scampi, when only butter and garlic will do

• With tortillas in Shrimp Fajitas or Shrimp Tacos

• Or with noodles in Bang Bang Shrimp Pasta

• We also love this gorgeous Mediterranean-style recipe for Greek Shrimp

Finger-Licking Good!

We hope you loved this coconut shrimp recipe and maybe even snapped a few photos of the spread. Tag us on Instagram using @themodernproper and #themodernproper. Happy dipping!