Coconut Shrimp with Sweet Apricot dipping sauce

Delicious, very easy, appetizer!

Ingredients:

1 pound shrimp (peeled and deveined)
1 cup flour
1 egg (lightly beaten)
1 cup panko bread crumbs
1 cup shredded coconut
olive oil for frying 
2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
1 tablespoon apricot preserves

Coconut Shrimp Method: 

Step one: clean and de-vein shrimp. Create an assembly line of the following ingredients on separate plates; plate one: flour, plate two: egg, plate three: panko and coconut.

Step two: dredge the shrimp in the flour.


Step three: dip the shrimp into the egg.


Step four: dip the shrimp into the panko and coconut mixture.


Step four: over medium-high heat fry the shrimp in the olive oil until golden brown, no more than 2 minutes.

Dipping Sauce method (foolproof!):

Step one: Mix the sweet chili sauce and apricot preserves.