Recipe: Perfect Brad's coconut prawns with Polynesian sauce

Brad's coconut prawns with Polynesian sauce.

You can cook Brad's coconut prawns with Polynesian sauce using 22 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Brad's coconut prawns with Polynesian sauce

1. It's of For the sauce.
2. It's of apricot pineapple preserves.
3. It's of small red onion, diced.
4. Prepare of brown sugar.
5. Prepare of white sugar.
6. Prepare of ketchup.
7. It's of yellow mustard.
8. You need of cider vinegar.
9. Prepare of white vinegar.
10. It's of Juice of 1 lime.
11. You need of Juice of 1/2 lemon.
12. It's of chopped cilantro.
13. You need of LG clove garlic, minced.
14. Prepare of jalapeño peppers, seeded and chopped.
15. Prepare of For the prawns.
16. It's of 16-21 count prawns, deshell devein and butterfly.
17. Prepare of shredded coconut.
18. You need of dry tempura batter.
19. You need of each; salt, garlic powder, ginger, mustard, 5 spice.
20. You need of + 2 tbs ice cold water.
21. You need of ap flour.
22. It's of Lemon slices for garnish.

Brad's coconut prawns with Polynesian sauce step by step

1. Heat oven to 300 degrees. Place coconut on a large baking sheet. Spread out evenly in a thin layer. Bake around 30 minutes. Stir around 3 or 4 times. Coconut should end up lightly toasted, not burnt..
2. Mix all ingredients together for the sauce in a LG saucepan or wok. Slowly bring to a simmer over medium low heat. Simmer until onion becomes tender. Remove from heat and cool until able to be worked with. Place in a blender and pulse until it becomes a smooth sauce..
3. Meanwhile, prepare prawns. Heat oil in a deep fryer to 360 degrees. Place flour in a bowl. Mix spices with dry tempura mix, then mix in the water. Adjust until it is like thin pancake batter. Place coconut in another bowl..
4. Cook 5-6 prawns at a time so the oil maintains temperature. Dredge in flour, then tempura, then coconut. Knock off excess. Hold tip of prawn in the oil for a couple seconds before dropping in. Fry for 2-3 minutes. Drain on paper towels..
5. To plate, spread sauce on the bottom. Arrange prawns, then garnish with a lemon slice. Serve immediately. Enjoy..