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Beer Batter Coconut Shrimp

"Crunchy sweet coconut coated shrimp is fast and delicious! Use sweet and sour sauce for dipping, if desired."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Beer and coconut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 13 recipes mention both. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, wheat, shellfish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Whisk the flour, salt, beer and egg in a bowl until a smooth batter forms, then let it rest for 5 minutes.

  2. Pat the peeled and deveined shrimp dry with paper towels.

  3. Heat the vegetable oil in a deep, heavy skillet over medium-high heat to 350°F (177°C).

  4. Spread the sweetened flaked coconut on a plate.

  5. Dip each shrimp into the batter, let the excess drip off, then press it into the coconut to coat both sides.

  6. Fry the coated shrimp in batches for 2 to 3 minutes, turning once, until golden brown and opaque throughout, reaching 145°F (63°C).

  7. Drain the shrimp on a wire rack or paper towels and serve hot.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Beer + coconuttop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  2. Coconut + shrimptop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together338 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylethanol (rose, floral).

  3. Flour + eggtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together104,138 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + beertop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together740 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Beer + shrimptop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

Flour and egg share little aroma chemistry, yet 104,138 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs