If you love the tropical flavour of fried coconut shrimp, you’re going to love that you can omit a lot of the fat without giving up the flavour and texture of fried shrimp. You will love this Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp Recipe!
Who doesn’t love fried shrimp? It’s pure heaven biting into a large shrimp that has a delicious coating. And shrimp is even healthy. It’s a great source of protein and really low in calories.
What Is An Air Fryer?
An air fryer is an amazing addition to your home if you’re trying to eat better. You still get the decadent taste and texture of fried foods, but without the oil. Many people think it’s too good to be true until they have food cooked in an air fryer. It can be hard to believe that you can get such amazing flavour without the oil.
Fruity Dipping Sauce For The Coconut Shrimps
Coconut shrimp in air fryer frozen is an amazing treat – no matter what time of year it is. It’s especially nice to cook on a cold winter’s day when you want to pretend that there’s not a foot of snow outside your door. Add a fruity dipping sauce and you’re ready to escape to a warm sunny beach – at least in your mind.
Speaking of fruity dipping sauces, you can create a simple dipping sauce simply by heating your favourite jam. If you like spicy food, chop a jalapeno into a few large pieces and allow it to simmer in the jam over the stovetop. Remove the pepper from the sauce and serve. The heat from the pepper will have infused the jam to give you a sauce that has a sweet heat.
Recipe for air fryer coconut shrimp
You can enjoy fried coconut shrimp without all the guilt. Dust off your air fryer and put it to work. Whether you’re looking for an appetizer or a full meal, these air fryer coconut shrimp are going to become a favourite in your home.
Ingredients
- 16 oz large shrimp (about 16 to 20), peeled to the tail
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 cup Panko
- 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- spray can of olive oil
How To Make Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp
- Pre-heat the air fryer to 400F.
- Set the shrimp on a flat surface that is covered with paper towels. Pat the shrimp dry.
- Place the eggs in a shallow dish whisk.
- Add your Panko, coconut, and seasonings in a separate bowl. Mix to combine.
- Dredge each shrimp first in the egg mixture, and finally press it into the breadcrumb-coconut mixture to coat all sides.
- Place 1/2 the coconut shrimp in the air fryer and cook about 3 minutes. Turn shrimp over and continue cooking until golden, about 3 minutes more
- Place the coconut shrimp on a plate and set to the side. Air-fry the shrimp in two batches.
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Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp Recipe
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 16 oz large shrimp about 16 to 20, peeled to the tail
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 cup Panko
- 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- spray can of olive oil
Instructions
- Set the shrimp on a flat surface that is covered with paper towels.
- Pat the shrimp dry
- Place the eggs in a shallow dish whisk.
- Add your Panko, coconut, and seasonings in a separate bowl.
- Mix to combine
- Pre-heat the air fryer to 400F.
- Dredge each shrimp first in the egg mixture, and finally press it into the breadcrumb-coconut mixture to coat all sides.
- Place 1/2 the shrimp in the air fryer and cook about 3 minutes. Turn shrimp over and continue cooking until golden, about 3 minutes more.
- Place the shrimp on a plate and set to the side.
- Air-fry the shrimp in two batches.
I was just on Amazon looking at Air fryers, this would be a great recipe to start out with.
Oh man, these look so good! I wish I owned a Air Fryer.. 🙂
Oh wow! That looks wonderful and really tasty! I have never thought of shrimp in the air fryer!
So good!
Sounds like a great recipe though I don’t like coconut, I’d probably try this with bread crumbs.
Great recipe. I need to get myself an air fryer.
These sound very good, I love my air fryer, in fact I have 3 of them, I have the actifry, the Phillips air fryer and Todd English Air oven, and I love the Todd English the most, it gets used pretty much everyday
3! You do love them!
This looks delicious. I have an air fryer and other than fries and chicken wings, I’m at a loss as to what to make in it. This recipe looks amazing! I will give it a try.
There are so many good recipes out there! Enjoy this one!
Looks crispy, really would be great to make at home for a picnic.. I never used an air fryer too, sounds cool
They make food a lot less greasy and fatty!
what a delicious recipe!! I definitely wanna give this a try. we recently got an air fryer and all we have done is fries but wow what a difference an air fryer makes. will never buy store bought fries again. I will give this recipe a try next 🙂
Let me know how you like it!
Great way to have breaded shrimp without the fat and frying in oil.
I really want to try out an air fryer! I’ve seen some pretty great looking recipes using them. My goal is always for crispy, low fat fries.
An air fryer is definitely good for this!
I have to try this recipe because I’ve only done fries in my air fryer
I’d love to be able to make this at home. An air fryer has been on my wish list for a while now.
I just received an air-fryer so I want to try the Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp
We just had these on new year’s eve with our other appetizers but this version would be so much healthier!