Baked Coconut Shrimp

By maxwells4

Very good.

Ingredients

• Shrimp:
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 T packed brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• Dash of ground red pepper (cayenne)
• 1 egg
• 1 T lime juice
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 lb uncooked, peeled, deveined medium shrimp, thawed if frozen (about 40)
• 2 T butter, melted
• Apricot Sauce:
• 3/4 cup apricot preserves
• 1 T lime juice
• 1/2 tsp ground mustard

Preparation

Step 1

Mix together sauce ingredients in small saucepan. Cook over low heat until preserves are melted.

Meanwhile, move oven rack to lowest position. Heat oven to 425. Spray rack in broiler pan with cooking spray.
Mix flour, brown sugar, salt, and red pepper in shallow bowl. Beat egg and lime juice in another shallow bowl. Place coconut in third shallow bowl.
Coat each shrimp with flour mixture, shaking off excess. Dip in egg mixture, shaking off excess. Coat well with coconut.
Place on broiler pan rack. Drizzle with butter.
Bake 7-8 minutes or until shrimp are pink and firm and coating is beginning to brown.
Serve with sauce.