Spicy Mango Shrimp

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: The Washington Post

Serves 3 people

Categories: Seafood

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup shredded, unsweetened coconut
  • 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
  • 1 medium yellow onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 to1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
  • 2 Tbsp. soy sauce
  • 1 lime, halved
  • 12 oz. peeled, deveined large raw shrimp
  • 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh basil, chopped
  • 2 cups diced mango

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 300 degrees.
  2. Spread the coconut on a small baking sheet. Toast 5 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Turn off the oven.
  3. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the onion and stir to coat. Cook for 8 minutes, stirring a few times, until softened and beginning to color. Stir in garlic, crushed red pepper flakes (to taste) and soy sauce, then squeeze the juice of 1/2 lime over the mixture.
  4. Stir in the shrimp, cook, stirring a few times until they turn pink and opaque, about 3 minutes. Stir in the basil.
  5. Add the mango, stirring to incorporate. Cook just until the fruit has warmed through. Sprinkle with the toasted coconut; divide among individual plates. Squeeze some of the remaining lime half ofer eachportion.

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