This quick and easy coconut bacon shrimp is crispy, crunchy, and mind-blowingly delicious. Its combination of garlic, bread crumbs, and eggs brings this sweet and salty side dish to life!! Go ahead and grab a bowl of white rice and get ready to be wowed!
Quick and easy coconut shrimp
My family and I love seafood—so much so that we will travel miles to get ourselves some fresh seafood. There is no limit for us, lol. This coconut bacon shrimp has become one of our all-time favorites. The taste is unbelievable. I promise you will always make this recipe for your family if you take one bite, just as I do. Oh, and for dessert, try my classic down-home southern pecan pie! Let’s go into the recipe, shall we?
Ingredients For Coconut Bacon Shrimp
How To Make Coconut Bacon Shrimp?
Tips
- When cooking the shrimp, do not cook them too long on the sides. They will cook extremely fast. Cook until brown on both sides.
2. When cutting the shrimp down the back, try not to cut through it. If you cut the shrimp all the way through, when you stuff it with bacon, the bacon will fall out.
3. These coconut shrimp are better when hot. If you save some for later, I would place them in the oven to warm for at least 30 seconds.
QUICK AND EASY COCONUT BACON SHRIMP
Ingredients
- 1 lb Shrimp Peeled and deveined
- 1 cup All-Purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 cup Italian bread crumbs Optional
- 3 Eggs Mixed
- 1/2 Cup Vegetable oil
- 2 cup Shredded sweetened coconut
- 4 Chopped strips of bacon
Instructions
- Pick a shrimp up and take a knife and cut down the back of shrimp. Don’t cut through the other side of the shrimp.1 lb Shrimp
- Grab your already cooked and shredded bacon, with your hand gently place the bacon in the back of the shrimp. Don’t place too much bacon in the back because it will fall out when you fry shrimp. Sit the stuffed bacon shrimp to the side.4 Chopped strips of bacon
- In a bowl add in coconut flakes, bread crumbs(optional), salt, pepper, and garlic powder.1/2 tsp Salt, 1/2 tsp Pepper, 1 cup Italian bread crumbs, 2 cup Shredded sweetened coconut, 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- Scramble raw eggs in another bowl.3 Eggs
- Place flour in another bowl.1 cup All-Purpose flour
- Place shrimp in flour then the eggs and lastly the shredded coconut mixture. Gently press the breading down into the shrimp. Set shrimp aside on a plate.
- Turn grease on stove and wait for it to get hot. You can test grease by flicking water in the oil. If it pops then its ready or or by testing heat with a thermometer(350F).1/2 Cup Vegetable oil
- Cook shrimp on both sides for about 3 minutes or until shrimp is golden brown on both sides.
These look amazing! Did you start with cooked shrimp? They look cooked in the picture with the bacon. Thanks!
Hey
No the shrimp weren’t cooked