These Baked Coconut Shrimp Wontons have a creamy filling of shrimp and coconut is wrapped and then baked to crispy perfection in the oven.
Course Appetizers
Cuisine Appetizer, Food to Drink to, Seafood
Keyword appetizer, seafood
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Total Time 22 minutesminutes
Servings 32servings
Ingredients
2cupscooked shrimp, thawed
1garlic cloveminced
1/2tspolive oil
12ounceswonton wrappers
8ouncescream cheese, softened
1/2cuppowdered sugar
1/2cupshredded unsweetened coconut
1'splash'sesame oiloptional
Powdered sugar for topping if desired
1cupsweet and sour saucefor dipping
1largeeggwhisked
Instructions
Thaw 2 cups of frozen, cooked shrimp. On the stove top in a pan heat up 1/2 Tbs olive oil and add the thawed shrimp and sautee until brown around 2 minutes. Add 1 minced garlic cloves and cook for another 1-2 minutes.
Mince the shrimp by hand or food processor. Set the shrimp aside to cool
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
To another bowl add softened cream cheese, powdered sugar and the coconut. In a smaller dish crack one egg and whisk it to combine. Once the shrimp has cooled add it to the cream cheese and coconut mixture. To this I added a 'splash' of sesame oil.
Place a small dollop in the middle of a wonton wrapper. Take your finger and dip it into the egg then rub all the edges with it. To create the little pillows of goodness pinch the 4 corners with your index and middle finger on top then thumbs on the bottom and pull together making an 'X'.
To the egg bowl add a splash of water then brush the egg wash onto the top of each wonton. Pop these into the preheated oven for 12 minutes.
Sprinkle on some additional powdered sugar and serve with a side of sweet and sour sauce. Enjoy!