Coconut shrimp on romaine leaves

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
12 ounces Shrimp; fresh or frozen, peeled, deveined
¼ cup Shredded coconut
½ cup Unsweetened coconut milk
¼ cup Peanuts; dry roasted, unsalted, chopped
¼ cup Brown sugar; packed
1 tablespoon Fish sauce
3 tablespoons Lime juice
1 tablespoon Ginger root; finely shredded
1 small Jalapeno pepper; seeded, finely chopped
¼ teaspoon Salt
30 smalls Romaine leaves

Directions

To get small romaine leaves use just the hearts of two heads of romaine.

Save the outer leaves for a salad.

For shrimp filling, thaw shrimp if frozen. Bring 4 cups water and ½ teaspoon salt to boiling in a large sauce pan. Add shrimp and simmer 1-3 minutes or till opaque. Drain. Rinse under cold running water. Drain again.

Coarsely chop shrimp. You should have about 1½ cups. Cover and chill.

Spread coconut in a shallow baking pan. Bake at 350F for 5-10 minutes or till golden brown, stirring once or twice. Remove from oven. Cool. For sauce, combine coconut milk, peanuts, brown sugar and fish sauce in a small sauce pan. Bring to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, over medium heat 8 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Cool.

Combine chopped shrimp, toasted coconut, lime juice, ginger root, jalapeno, pepper and salt in a bowl. Stir in sauce. Cover and chill up to 4 hours.

Transfer shrimp mixture to a serving bowl. For each appetizer place a spoonful of shrimp filling on a romaine leaf. Roll up. Makes about 30 servings.

Recipe by: Holiday Appetizers 1996, Better Homes and Gardens, page 27.

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #865 by Peg Baldassari <Baldassari@...> on Oct 25, 1997

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