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Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp Tacos with Honey-Lime Slaw

Melissa
These Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp Tacos are everything you want and more. Warm, crunchy, sweet, and a little sour – they’re the perfect way to be transported to a tropical paradise. 
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Tacos
Cuisine Latin
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups shredded purple cabbage
  • 1 ½ cups pineapple chopped
  • ½ cup cilantro chopped
  • 1 lime juiced
  • ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tbsp. honey
  • 1 lb. large shrimp peeled and deveined
  • ⅓ cup flour
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 2 cups panko breadcrumbs
  • 1 cup coconut flakes
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Cooking spray or melted coconut oil for brushing
  • ⅓ cup sweet Thai chili sauce
  • 12 six-inch tortilla corn or flour
  • Sriracha to taste (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat air fryer to 360 F.
  • Place cabbage, pineapple, and cilantro in a bowl. In a separate small bowl, whisk together lime juice, apple cider vinegar, 1 tsp. salt, and honey. Pour vinegar mixture over slaw and toss. Set aside.
  • Place flour, eggs, and panko in 3 separate bowls. Add coconut flakes to the bowl with panko. Season the coconut flake/panko bowl with salt and pepper to taste. 
  • Working in batches, dip shrimp in the flour, then the egg, then the panko breadcrumbs/coconut, coating the shrimp all over. Place shrimp in the air fryer basket, evenly spaced apart.
  • Spray shrimp with cooking spray or brush with coconut oil. Cook in the air fryer for 3 minutes, flip shrimp, brush/spray with more oil, then cook for an additional 2 minutes or until shrimp are opaque when pierced with a knife.
  • Toss shrimp with sweet Thai sauce. Assemble tacos by layering warm tortilla shell with slaw, then coated shrimp. Drizzle on sriracha, if using.
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Nutrition

Calories: 779kcalCarbohydrates: 119gProtein: 33gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 236mgSodium: 2654mgPotassium: 727mgFiber: 10gSugar: 42gVitamin A: 1269IUVitamin C: 50mgCalcium: 314mgIron: 7mg
Keyword air fryer, slaw, tacos
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