Coconut Shrimp Salad beauty, as seen on Food Network's "The Kitchen", Season 34.
Recipe courtesy of Jeff Mauro

Coconut Shrimp Salad

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  • Level: Easy
  • Total: 35 min
  • Active: 20 min
  • Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Coconut shrimp is one of those dishes that is best enjoyed on the first night of a much-overdue summer vacation. You just sat down at a weather-beaten wooden picnic table and the server brought you a local lager. You take a sip and turn your eyes to the menu. Upon this moment, a warm sea salt-and-coconut-scented wind blows directly into your nose holes and your eyes are magically drawn to one singular menu item: Coconut Shrimp. It is upon this moment that your vacation officially begins. #Blessings

Ingredients

Salad:

Shrimp:

Directions

  1. For the salad: Whisk together the peanut butter, water, honey, lime juice, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and ginger in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add the Napa cabbage, red cabbage, carrots, edamame, cilantro, scallions and chiles. Toss to ensure everything is well coated in the dressing.
  2. For the shrimp: Add 2 to 3 inches of oil to a large Dutch oven and heat over medium heat until a deep-frying thermometer registers 375 degrees F.
  3. Add the flour to a shallow bowl or baking dish. Add the egg mixture to a second shallow bowl or baking dish. Add the breadcrumbs with the shredded coconut to a third shallow bowl or baking dish and mix to combine. Season each baking dish with salt and pepper.
  4. Working in batches, dredge the shrimp in the flour, shaking off any excess. Then dip in the egg mixture, then into the breadcrumb mixture, pressing and turning to ensure they are thoroughly coated. Transfer to a plate and repeat until all the shrimp are breaded.
  5. Fry in batches until golden and crispy, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer the shrimp to a paper-towel-lined plate and season with salt.
  6. Top the Napa salad with the shrimp and serve with lime wedges.