Description
Crunchy sweet coconut coated shrimp is fast and delicious! Use sweet and sour sauce for dipping, if desired.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ⅔ cup beer
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
- 1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 cup vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Beat flour
- beer
- egg
- and salt in a bowl with an electric mixer on low until batter is smooth. Spread coconut flakes in a shallow dish.
- Dip shrimp into beer batter
- shaking off excess
- then press into coconut. Place shrimp onto a plate while breading the rest; do not stack.
- Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking
- 3 to 4 minutes. Fry about a third of the shrimp in the hot oil until golden brown
- 2 to 3 minutes. Allow shrimp to drain on a wire rack set over paper towels. Repeat with remaining shrimp.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 4