Baked Coconut Shrimp

These baked coconut shrimp come out perfectly crisp and golden after just 15 minutes in a hot oven. You'll wonder why you ever deep-fried them at all!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 383 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 egg whites
• 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 2 cups flaked sweetened coconut
• 0.33333334326744 cup cornstarch
• 0.75 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.

Step 2

Rinse shrimp and dry with paper towels. Mix cornstarch, salt, and cayenne pepper in a shallow bowl. Pour coconut flakes into a separate shallow bowl. Beat egg whites in a third shallow bowl until foamy.

Step 3

Working with one shrimp at a time, dredge it in the cornstarch mixture, then dip it in egg white before rolling it in coconut, making sure to coat the shrimp well. Place on the prepared baking sheet; repeat with remaining shrimp.

Step 4

Bake shrimp until they are bright pink on the outside and no longer transparent in the center and coconut is browned, 15 to 20 minutes, flipping the shrimp halfway through.