Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp
Coconut shrimp are well suited to all sorts of dipping sauces, but we keep it simple here and use Thai sweet chili sauce spruced up with a little chopped fresh cilantro. Using an air fryer instead of frying in oil on the stovetop means crispy shrimp without any splatters to clean up afterwards. Serve the shrimp as an appetizer, or turn them into dinner along with rice and baby bok choy sautéed in toasted sesame oil and fresh ginger.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup (about 3 1/4 ounce) all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cup panko (Japanese-style breadcrumbs)
- ¾ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 pound medium peeled, deveined raw shrimp, tail-on
- Cooking spray
- ½ cup Thai sweet chili sauce (sometimes labeled sweet chili sauce)
- 2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh cilantro, divided