QUICK AND EASY COCONUT BACON SHRIMP
This quick and easy coconut bacon shrimp is so mind blowingly delicious. You have a mixture of sweet and salty combined to give you the ultimate tasty experience!
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.