Fried Coconut Fish Bites with Mango Pineapple Sauce
We recently had the opportunity to try Sam’s Fresh Salsa for their blogger recipe contest. Their range of salsas are packed with flavor and are so fresh they make a great addition to many dishes. The tropical, citrus flavor of the Sam’s Fresh Mango Pineapple Salsa is a perfect pairing with seafood. Of course, you can also add it to other meats. It would taste delicious with roast or smoked pork, chicken, and definitely seared sea scallops.
You can use any flakey white fish for this recipe. We look for whatever appears most fresh at the supermarket. For this recipe, we grabbed a pound of haddock. Most often we swap between this and cod. Working with white fish gives you a world of possibilities for cooking and flavor but we all know you can’t go wrong with a classic fried bite of fish.
Bonus points if you catch the fish yourself!
This recipe is quick to pull together, effortless to double or triple for larger groups, and is full of flavor. The coconut really stands out in the batter – elevating a typical flour fish fry – and the final bite is so wonderfully crunchy. We couldn’t get enough of this fun appetizer and there were certainly no leftovers to worry about.
Ingredients (all fresh, of course):
– Sam’s Fresh Mango Pineapple Salsa
– Sour Cream
– Sriracha
– White Fish
– Toasted Coconut
– All-Purpose Flour
– Eggs
– Chili Powder
– Garlic Powder
– Vegetable Oil
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- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 30 minutes
- Serves: 4 People
This recipe was created with entertainment in mind. We wanted to pair flavors that we love together - coconut, lime, mango, and pineapple. We used haddock in this recipe but you can use any white fish you prefer. The cool, tropical sauce really "puts the lime in the coconut" for this recipe. Thanks to Sam's Fresh for sharing their flavor-packed fresh salsas with us for this appetizer plate.
Ingredients
Tangy Mango Pineapple Dipping Sauce
- 2 tablespoons Sam's Fresh Mango Pineapple Salsa
- .5 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon sriracha
Fried Coconut Fish Bites
- 1 pound white fish, haddock, cod, etc.
- .5 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- .25 teaspoon garlic powder
- .25 teaspoon chili powder
- .25 cup toasted coconut flakes, minced
- salt & pepper
- vegetable oil
Method
Tangy Mango Pineapple Dipping Sauce
- 1)
Mix Sam’s Fresh Mango Pineapple Salsa and sour cream together
- 2)
Add sriracha .25 teaspoon at a time and refrigerate once spice is to your preference (we found .5 teaspoon perfect for a crowd)
- 3)
Scoop into your serving bowl, cover, and refrigerate until ready to use
Fried Coconut Fish Bites
- 1)
Fill a saucepot about halfway with vegetable oil and set on medium-high heat
- 2)
In a shallow bowl, lightly whisk your eggs until the yolk has incorporated
- 3)
Cut your fish into even pieces – approximately 1-inch each. If the filet is exceptionally thick, consider slicing it in half as well.
- 4)
Add your flour, chili powder, and toasted coconut into a large Ziploc bag. Add your fish bites in batches, tossing so they are evenly coated.
- 5)
Line a platter, cutting board, or dish with paper towels and place next to your heated oil. In batches, place your fish bites into the oil and let fry until crisp and golden. Remove with tongs and place on your paper towel repeating until all fish has been fried.
- 6)
Arrange the fish and dipping sauce on a platter and get ready to dip in
NOTES
Don’t have sriracha on hand? Choose another thick hot sauce of your preference and add as desired
No chili powder? You can replace with a pinch of paprika or cayenne
Add a fresh squeeze of lime over your fried fish to give extra flavor with each bite
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