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Cooks With Cocktails / Cook / Appetizers / Coconut Prawns with Habanero & Pineapple Sauce

Coconut Prawns with Habanero & Pineapple Sauce

February 24, 2016 By Julie & Debbie

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Tender coconut prawns coated in grated coconut, baked till golden and crispy then served with a sweet and spicy dipping sauce made with fresh pineapple and roasted habanero.

Coconut Prawns with Habanero and Pineapple Sauce

I am not a huge seafood person.  I like it once in a while, but I hardly ever crave it.  That said, I could eat these coconut prawns all day long.  And since they are baked instead of fried, I feel justified in eating these until I’m stuffed!  Tender prawns coated in grated coconut, baked till golden and crispy then served with a sweet and spicy dipping sauce made with fresh pineapple and roasted habanero.  Its finger food heaven I tell you.

Coconut Prawns with Habanero and Pineapple Sauce

Debbie and I wanted to make this recipe as healthy as we could without compromising any flavor.  So that we can eat lots.  And often.  We saw that most recipes used the sweetened coconut for their coconut prawns, but it is REALLY sweet so we opted to use only a little sweetened and the rest unsweetened.  You could go with just the unsweetened if you wanted to, we just used a little of the sweetened because for some reason the coconut is grated bigger with the sweetened version and we wanted those longish bits that stuck out a little.

We also went with cornstarch as the first coating, instead of flour, so these prawns are also gluten free.  These are a great option for people with gluten sensitives and can’t eat the regular fried prawns.  I think they are better anyway as the coconut gives these prawns much more flavor than a regular old batter, or even panko crumbs for that matter.

Coconut Prawns with Habanero and Pineapple Sauce

Coconut Prawns with Habanero and Pineapple Sauce

The sauce for these coconut prawns is so tasty and couldn’t be easier! You just throw all the ingredients into the blender or food processor and whiz it up.  You can make it smooth or chunky.  However you like your sauce.  Then add it to a small pot and bring it to a simmer so it thickens up a little.  That’s it!   We chose to roast our habanero pepper with a little torch before we added it into our sauce, but that’s just because we like to do these kinds of things lol.  You don’t have to.  Be careful with the habanero though!  First take the seeds out and start with a quarter of the pepper and then add a little at a time till you get it as spicy as you like.  Remember, you can always add more spice, but you can’t take it out…

I made ours with dark cane sugar, but if you made it with a lighter sugar, the color would be more pineapply and less dark.  If that matters to you.

Coconut Prawns with Habanero and Pineapple Sauce

These coconut prawns would be da bomb as an appetizer for a party either put out on a table, served individually at a fancy party, or as a first course at a dinner party. A definite must for a tropical themed party!   These coconut prawns in particular.  Since they are baked, you can cook a whole tray at once rather than batch cooking the same amount in a deep fryer. You could even do two trays at once in the oven, or prepare two trays at once, cook one and serve it while the other is cooking.

Now since were talking about a tropical themed party, wouldn’t a Pina Colada go perfect with these Coconut Prawns?  Or maybe a Cajun Salsa with Prawns and Avocado and a Mai Tai or two?  How about all the above?!

Hey it may be nearing the end of February, but its always a good time to be thinking about the Tropics.

Coconut Prawns with Habanero and Pineapple Sauce

Coconut Prawns with Habanero and Pineapple Sauce

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Ingredients

  • COCONUT PRAWNS
  • 13 - 14 big prawns , deveined
  • 1/3 cup sweetened coconut
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened coconut
  • 1/2 cup cornstartch
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • cooking spraySAUCE
  • 1 cup pineapple , diced
  • 1/2 roasted habanero , seeds removed (you can use more if you like)
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 3/4 cup pineapple juice
  • 3 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 lime , juice and zest
  • 1/2 cup palm sugar
  • 1/2 tbsp salt
  • 1 tbsp cornstartch

Instructions

  • Make the sauce first. Throw all the ingredients into a blender and blend. Start with 1/4 of the habanero. Blend for a few seconds. Taste it and add more habanero if you like. Just 1/4 at a time. Then blend to your desired consistency. If you like it more smooth, blend a little longer. Add the contents of the blender to a small pot and bring to a simmer. Simmer for a couple mins until the cornstarch works its magic and the sauce becomes thicker. Set aside to cool completely.
  • Prepare a baking tray with parchment paper and spray the paper lightly with oil.
  • Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
  • Get out three plates or shallow bowls. Add the cornstarch and salt to one, the eggs to another, and the sweetened and unsweetened coconut to the last. Beat the eggs with a fork.
  • Take each prawn and dip first in the cornstarch. Tap off any extra and then dip in the egg. Finally, dip the prawn in the coconut and make sure it is well coated. Place on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining prawns.
  • Bake the prawns in the oven for 15 mins turning them over half way through.
  • Serve right away with the habanero pineapple sauce.
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Comments

  1. Sarah @ Champagne Tastes says

    February 25, 2016 at 7:54 am

    This sounds amazing! I love fried shrimp, but usually stay away because of the grease. I’ll give these a try!!

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    • Julie and Debbie says

      February 25, 2016 at 8:56 am

      Hi Sarah! I hear you about the grease. None with these 🙂 Hope you enjoy!

      Reply
  2. Lynn | The Road to Honey says

    February 26, 2016 at 2:15 pm

    Woah. . .I had to scroll down because looking at those prawns a second longer was undoubtedly going to drive me crazy. They look absolutely divine (it doesn’t hurt that I am a sucker for anything coconut-y). Then, I find out they are baked. . .so. . .what you are saying is that I can scarf down a whole plate without feeling guilty.

    And that sauce. . .well let’s just say “Everyone back away from the sauce and no one gets hurt.”

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    • Julie and Debbie says

      February 26, 2016 at 8:10 pm

      LMAO! Yes, thats exactly what I mean. Eat your heart out 🙂

      Reply
  3. Denise says

    March 4, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    Awesome recipes! Cooking with coconut is one of my favorite hobbies. It is so tasty. Thanks.

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    • Julie and Debbie says

      March 5, 2016 at 6:35 am

      Thanks so much Denise! We love coconut as well 🙂 So delicious and healthy…

      Reply
  4. Mike K. Newell says

    March 12, 2017 at 3:46 am

    I am not a huge seafood person.Coconut Prawns with Habanero & Pineapple Sauce, I like because of coconut

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  5. [email protected] Cook ware lab says

    July 8, 2017 at 10:08 pm

    This recipe looks nice. I will try to make the one coming the weekend.Thank you.

    Reply

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