Red Lobster Pina Colada Shrimp |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 25 |
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Those Red Lobster commercials get me every time. Just can’t resist those visuals of endless shrimp, crab legs and lobster tails! Now I have said it before, that I’m not a huge seafood fan, but I do love shrimp. Cook this recipe for someone special, fix a nice cocktail, close your eyes and imagine yourself sitting on a sunny beach. Ahhhhh…summer will be here sooner than you think. Ingredients:
1/2 cup sour cream |
1/4 cup pina colada nonalcoholic drink mix |
1/4 cup crushed pineapple (canned) |
2 tablespoons granulated sugar |
6 cups canola oil (for use in the fryer) |
12 large shrimp, peeled and deveined |
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
2 tablespoons granulated sugar |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
1 cup milk |
2 tablespoons rum (captain morgan's parrot bay coconut rum) |
1 cup panko japanese-style bread crumbs (can be found in the asian section of your local grocery store) |
1/2 cup shredded coconut |
Directions:
1. Prepare pina colada dipping sauce by combining all ingredients. Sour cream, pina colada mix, crushed pineapple and granulated sugar. Cover & chill.
2. Heat oil to 350 degrees in a deep fryer or a large heavy skillet.
3. Measure 3/4 cup of flour into a medium bowl.
4. In another medium bowl mix together the remaining 3/4 cup flour, sugar, and salt. Stir milk and rum into flour mixture. Let this batter stand for five minutes.
5. In the meantime, combine panko breadcrumbs and shredded coconut into a third bowl.
6. Butterfly cut each peeled shrimp before you start the battering- leaving the tail intact.
7. Dip each shrimp once in the flour, then the wet batter, then coat each shrimp with the panko/coconut mixture. Place the shrimp on a plate until all of them are battered.
8. Fry shrimp by dropping one at a time into the hot oil for 2 to 3 minutes or until the shrimp are golden brown. Only fry a few shrimp at a time. Remove shrimp to paper towels to drain.
9. Serve shrimp with pina colada dipping sauce or shrimp cocktail sauce along with salsa.
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