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Coconut Shrimp

Helen Pitlick
24 pieces
Beginner

This cocktail party classic is from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook.

Total Steps

3

Ingredients

10

Tools Needed

2

Ingredients

  • 24 count fresh or frozen jumbo shrimp with shells
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 3 tablespoons apricot preserves
  • 1 teaspoon curry powder
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded unsweetened coconut, toasted
  • 1/4 cup cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 3 count slightly beaten egg whites

Instructions

1

Step 1

Thaw shrimp, if <a href="/YCPJKCW5">frozen. </a><a href="/RSDQ7YW8">Peel </a>and <a href="/C3DCVBRZ">devein </a>shrimp, leaving tails intact. Rinse shrimp; pat <a href="/RF7SRX43">dry </a>with paper towels. Set aside.

2

Step 2

For sauce, in a small bowl <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">stir </a>together mayonnaise, apricot <a href="/WXJN6QKP">preserves </a>and curry powder. Cover and <a href="/FK6MC4B6">chill </a>until ready to <a href="/Y6MVNCHX">serve.</a>

3

Step 3

Spread the oil on the bottom of a 15 x 10 x 1 inch backing pan; set pan aside. In a large shallow <a href="/QQVZX64Y">dish </a>combine the coconut, cornstarch, sugar and <a href="/DPSVTKVY">salt. </a>In another small shallow <a href="/QQVZX64Y">dish </a>place the egg whites. Dip the shrimp into the egg whites; <a href="/6BTCX64M">coat </a>with coconut mixture, <a href="/4NXSJQ3D">pressing </a>the mixture firmly onto the shrimp. Arrange shrimp in a prepared pan. <a href="/RNT367Z2">Bake </a>in a 400 degree F oven about 10 minutes or until shrimp are opaque and coconut is golden, <a href="/B52FHCF2">turning </a>once. <a href="/Y6MVNCHX">Serve </a>with sauce.

Tools & Equipment

Paper towel
Oven

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