Coconut Shrimp over Mango Salsa with Zesty Orange Dressing

So tonight I was in the mood for coconut shrimp since I just bought my new deep fryer.I know frying things isn't the healthiest but mixed with healthy ingredients, it's not so bad!  Here is a little twist on the idea inspired by Bobby Dean.

Mango Salsa:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of diced mango

1/4 cup of chopped green onion

1/4 cup chopped purple onion 

1/2 of a limes juices

1/2 of a lemons juices

Directions:

Chop up all of the ingredients as specified. Mix together with the juices of the lemon and lime. Let this sit in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. 

Zesty Orange Dipping Sauce:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of orange marmalade

2 teaspoons of rice vinegar

1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes

Directions:

Add the marmalade, rice vinegar and red pepper flakes in a small sized pot. Cook on low for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. If you want to serve this chilled, allow it to sit in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before serving.

Coconut Shrimp:

Ingredients:

1 lb of shrimp cocktail

1/2 cup of all purpose flour

a teaspoon of salt

1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

2/3 cup of water

2 cups of shredded sweetened coconut

1/2 cup of plain breadcrumbs

Directions:

Heat up your deep fryer to 325 degrees. Whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder and water. Let this sit for 15 minutes. In a separate bowl, combine the shredded coconut and bread crumbs and mix together. Butterfly your shrimp and form an assembly line of shrimp, batter, the coconut and break crumb mix, then your deep fryer. Take 1 piece of shrimp and dip it in the batter, coat in the coconut and breadcrumb mix and then slowly drop it into the deep fryer. These should cook for about 2 minutes in the deep fryer or until they are golden brown. Lay out a paper towel on a plate and place the cooked shrimp on there for about 2 minutes after cooking to allow them to dry out a little bit.

Serving:

I placed arugula on top of the plate, topped with the Mango Salsa , put the Zesty Orange Dressing in a ramekin and topped with the Coconut Shrimp. it was definitely a big hit!