Baked Coconut Shrimp With Spicy Apricot Sauce Recipe

Do you have a favorite food that makes you weak in the knees? For me, that would be coconut shrimp, but this dish is often an occasional indulgence because of the fried factor. But behold Baked Coconut Shrimp! Hello!

This delicious recipe (adapted from tablespoon.com), featuring Cherchies® Chardonnay Lime & Cilantro Seasoning and Cherchies® Select Grilling Rub & Seasoning Blend, is a lighter version of its cousin, fried coconut shrimp, as it uses egg whites and is baked to a golden brown in the oven.

Engulfed in a blanket of sweet crispy coconut and served with a spicy apricot-pineapple sauce, this easy-baked shrimp recipe is the perfect treat for dinner, lunch, or as an elegant appetizer for guests. It is healthy, easy, and tasty, and although this dish may be low in fat, it is high in flavor! You may want to grab some for yourself because these succulent morsels will disappear right before your eyes!

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Ingredients

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1 pound uncooked shrimp, peeled and deveined (if using frozen shrimp, thaw in the refrigerator)
2 egg whites
2 1/2 Tablespoons (Tbsp) cornstarch
1 teaspoon (tsp.) Cherchies® Chardonnay Lime & Cilantro Seasoning
2 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
Cherchies® Select Grilling Rub & Seasoning Blend
Cooking Spray
1 Tablespoon (Tbsp.) Lime juice
Hot sauce (a few drops will do ya!)
1/2 cup Apricot Preserves

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Clean and dry shrimp. Carefully separate the yolks from the egg whites, using the shell as a separator, and reserve the egg yolks for another yummy recipe. Add the Chardonnay Lime & Cilantro Seasoning to the egg whites and mix.

In a small bowl, beat the egg whites with a hand held mixer until the egg whites make soft peaks, about a few minutes.

Arrange three bowls on your prep surface and place the following ingredients in the bowls in this order, corn starch, egg whites, and the shredded coconut. Hold shrimp by the tail and dip into the cornstarch, then the egg whites, followed by the coconut and place on the parchment lined baking sheet.

Place the shrimp on the baking sheet, sprinkle them with Cherchies® Select Grilling Rub, lightly spray with cooking oil, and bake the shrimp in the oven for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.