Baked Hot Coconut Shrimp With Maple-Mustard Dipping Sauce
Hot and Spicy Baked Coconut Shrimp paired with a sweet Maple-Mustard Dipping Sauce. A Paleo and Keto friendly appetizer that’s just as crispy and crunchy as the deep fried version, but actually healthy!
Fun fact: I bought the bag of shrimp I used for the recipe 9 months ago. Yes, that long!
I was starting to have a shrimp phase back then, but this one night I used way too much ginger in the recipe and ended up just cringing at the thought of shrimp in general.
And then I kept getting hooked on one thing after the other and that bag remained in the freezer.
But now I just moved to a new apartment so I wanted to finish off as much of my frozen food as I could before this happened, and the phase (forcefully at first) came back. And that too with quite a bang!
Baked Hot Coconut Shrimp With Maple-Mustard Dipping Sauce
Recipe details
Ingredients
- 1 lb Jumbo Shrimp, Peeled and Deveined, 454g
- ½ cup Shredded Coconut, Unsweetened 40g
- 3 Tbsp Coconut Flour, about 21g
- ¾ tsp Cayenne Pepper
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 2 Eggs
- Cooking spray/oil (for greasing)
Maple-Mustard Dip:
- ¼ cup Greek Yogurt, about 50g, Coconut for Paleo
- 2 Tbsp Mustard, 30g, Recommendation: Spicy Brown
- 4 tsp Maple Syrup, Stevia sweetened recommended
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Spread shredded coconut on baking sheet and toast for 2 minutes.
- Transfer to a shallow bowl or plate.
- Increase oven temperature to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper (or grease with cooking spray).
- Wash and pat-dry shrimp with paper towels.
- In a shallow bowl, mix together coconut flour, cayenne pepper and salt.
- Prepare workstation with 3 bowls: Whisked eggs, coconut flour mix, and shredded coconut.
- Holding shrimp by tail, dredge in coconut flour mixture, dip in egg, and press on shredded coconut. Place on prepared baking sheet.
- Lightly spray with cooking oil and bake for 18-20 minutes or until shrimp is bright pink and no longer transparent on the inside, and coating has turned brown.
Make Dip and Serve:
- Stir together the yogurt, mustard and maple syrup in a small bowl until combined.
- Dip shrimp in dip and enjoy!
Tips
- Storage: Fridge: In an airtight container for 2-3 days. Bake at 350°F for 5-7 minutes to reheat. Freeze: Place on baking sheet and let freeze individually. Transfer to freezer safe bag. Bake at 400°F for 5-7 minutes to reheat.
- Make Ahead: Freeze: After breading, place on baking sheet and let freeze individually. Transfer to freezer safe bag, and bake for 25 minutes straight out of freezer.
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