Description
Enjoy Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp Sweet Chili, a quick and delicious recipe perfect for an easy dinner or weeknight dinner. This family dinner favorite features crispy coconut shrimp paired with a tangy sweet chili sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb large shrimp 18-20 count I like tail on for presentation but tail off works ok!
- ½ cup gluten free or whole wheat panko if not GF
- ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 4 teaspoons raw sugar optional but gives the coconut a sweeter taste
- Pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons gluten free flour or whole wheat flour if not GF
- 1 egg
- 1 egg white
- Salt
- Cooking oil spray
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon minced or grated ginger
- 5 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons maple syrup or honey or I love to do half and half
- 2 tablespoons coconut aminos
- ¼–½ teaspoon chili paste sambal oelek
- 1 teaspoon arrowroot or cornstarch or sub GF flour
Instructions
- Warm a small saucepan over medium heat and add all sweet chili sauce ingredients, cooking until it bubbles and just starts to thicken in about 2 to 3 minutes, then remove from heat and cool.
- Set your air fryer to 375°F to preheat and dry the shrimp well with paper towels to remove moisture.
- Mix coconut flakes, panko crumbs, sugar, and salt in a bowl; place flour in a small bowl and whisk eggs in another.
- Coat each shrimp first in flour, shake off extra, dip into egg, then press into the coconut crumb mixture.
- Spray the air fryer basket and shrimp with cooking spray, then cook shrimp in batches for 4 minutes on one side, flip, and cook for 2 more minutes until done.
- Repeat for the remaining shrimp and serve them hot with the cooled sweet chili dipping sauce.
Notes
- 21 Day Fix: 1 RED, 1 ORANGE, 1/4 YELLOW (per serving) WW: Green – 9 points Blue – 8 points Purple – 8 points (per serving) [Calculated using gluten free panko gluten free flour and arrowroot] If not using sauce can subtract 3 points from each plan
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 minutes
- Category: Seafood
- Method: Air Fryer
- Cuisine: Asian
Nutrition
- Calories: 330kcal
- Sugar: 11g
- Sodium: 927mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.5g + 1g
- Trans Fat: 0.01g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 190mg