Coconut Rice & Shrimp Recipe: Three Ingredients, One Pot, One Easy Meal!
No time to cook, but need a recipe with “Wow” factor – perhaps for an unexpected dinner guest? Then I present to you a meal I created tonight using just one pot and three ingredients!
I recently received a 1-gallon pail of Coconut Flakes from our friends at Tropical Traditions to review. In brainstorming what recipe I might make using it, I looked through what I had on hand and noticed that I had some shrimp in the freezer that was due to be used. A quick search on Tropical Traditions’ Free Coconut Recipes website yielded this recipe for Coconut Shrimp and Rice. I ended up adapting the recipe to use in a rice cooker, and the results were phenomenal:
Easy Coconut Rice & Shrimp Recipe
1 – 1 1/2 lbs frozen shrimp, thawed
1 cup of white rice
1 cup of shredded coconut
2 cups plus 1-2 TBSP. water
Salt and pepper to taste
Step 1:
Measure out rice and shredded coconut and place into rice cooker.
Step 2:
Pour thawed shrimp into rice cooker on top of the coconut-rice mixture.
Step 3:
Add 2 cups water and mix contents together with a large spoon. When I was pouring the shrimp out of the bag, some of the water in the bag poured out with the shrimps, which added roughly 1-2 tablespoons extra liquid.
Step 4:
Sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook.
Step 5:
Serve, and enjoy!
This meal has a fantastic combination of flavors – I love the contrast of the sweet coconut and fluffy rice with the delicious shrimp. When I was adapting Tropical Traditions’ Coconut Shrimp and Rice, Jai suggested adding the shrimp to the rice cooker instead of pan-frying them. It was a brilliant idea; the boiling water and resulting steam do a great job of cooking the shrimp. The best part is that it’s three ingredients, one pot, and no hassle! This would be great for a busy work night, or to serve to unexpected guests – the dish is decadent enough to be a “Company best” meal.
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Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product. This post contains affiliate links.
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This looks absolutely delicious.
That looks amazing. Too bad hubby is allergic to coconut
This looks wonderful! So easy too. Thanks for the recipe!
Looks Awesome. What time is dinner and where do you live? LOL.
Thanks for the recipe. Need to have Melinda make this for us.
ThaT sounds and looks amazing and very easy to make have to try this one out really soon
My hubby would LOVE this!
This looks amazing. I love how simple it is to make. Definitely will be trying this one soon.
I love coconut shrimp. I’m gonna have to make this some time.
Wow, this looks super easy to make and delicious!!
this looks yummy! You should look for Old Bay seasoning. It would go really great with that!
Oh dear, I LOVE the idea of using the rice cooker. Plus this dish is gluten and casein free which is a must in our household. I could see how you could keep this simple as the recipe above, or really spice it up for non-kid dining nights. Thanks for the ideas.
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I will have to disagree with everyone here. This dish looks like diarrhea.
-Sir Moop
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