If you are trying to figure out what goes well with coconut shrimp for dinner, this list is exactly what you are looking for. The best sides to serve with coconut shrimp are all right here. Whether you make the coconut shrimp homemade or pick it up to go – all these recipes pair well with your meal.
Many fellow food bloggers have shared some of their quick and easy side dish recipes to eat with coconut shrimp. If you want a cocktail, sauce, salad, vegetables, rice, or more we have you covered with so many choices on what to enjoy.
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Dipping Sauces
First off, you gotta have some yummy dips for that crunchy shrimp. Here are a few favorites:
Dipping Sauce for Coconut Shrimp
This sweet & spicy pineapple dipping sauce is perfect for coconut shrimp. This recipe is easy to make and whips up in minutes for the best dip for any fried seafood or chicken.
Dipping Sauce for Coconut Shrimp
Dipping Sauces for Sweet Potato Fries
The best dipping sauces for eating with sweet potato fries are these two quick and easy recipes. Not just one but two terrific dips. Each is a wonderful combination of 3 simple ingredients to make a yummy dip in just 1 minute. Enjoy a cool, creamy, & spicy ranch version or a sweet & tangy maple mustard recipe.
Sweet Potato Fry Dips
Hot Honey
This is the best homemade hot honey recipe. The sweet & spicy condiment is great with chicken, pizza, fries, cornbread, & more. The 2-ingredient Mike's Hot Honey or Trader Joe's copycat recipe is so easy.
Hot Honey
What to Serve with Coconut Shrimp
This is a tasty list of what sides to eat with your coconut shrimp. There is a variety of side dish options that include low-carb, keto, vegan, gluten-free, healthy, and dairy-free.
To help you decide what to serve with coconut shrimp, I have broken down the list into some subcategories. There are healthy salads, spicy dips, tropical cocktails, and unique sides. This list includes the best of what to make and serve with coconut shrimp:
- Recipes by The Short Order Cook
- Dips, Sauces, & Cocktails
- Rice or Vegetable Side Dishes
- Salad & Other Side Dishes
Recipes by The Short Order Cook
The following recipes include many different sides for eating with coconut shrimp. Pick any of these wonderful choices from dips, salads, side dishes, cocktails, and desserts. There are sweet, spicy, and tropical flavors that all go great with coconut shrimp.
TEQUILA SUNRISE COCKTAIL: TWO UNIQUE TWISTS ON A CLASSIC
A gorgeous colorful cocktail with tequila, citrus juices, and grenadine.
Tequila Sunrise
Classic Mojitos by the Pitcher
Making mojitos by the pitcher with limes and mint is the perfect easy recipe for a crowd.
Classic Mojitos by the Pitcher
Pina Colada on the Rocks
This tropical cocktail is a shaken, not blended, pina colada on the rocks. With creamy coconut and pineapple that classic pina colada taste over ice is just the recipe for a taste of summer.
Pina Colada on the Rocks
Deep-Fried Sweet Potato Fries
Homemade deep-fried sweet potato fries are a quick and easy family favorite recipe. This fantastic method to deep fry & season them makes the best appetizer or side dish.
Sweet Potato Fries
Simple Spinach Salad
Toss together this quick & easy simple spinach salad in just minutes. The crunchy croutons are made from scratch & with a homemade dijon vinaigrette this is the best recipe hands down. It's a fresh & healthy side dish that goes with any meal or enjoy for lunch. Pile on some protein for an entree dinner.
Simple Spinach Salad
Asian Avocado Peanut Coleslaw
If you want an easy peanutty coleslaw recipe, this Asian avocado peanut coleslaw is the best. This chopped slaw recipe is bursting with fresh vegetables that are dressed in a homemade Asian-inspired dressing that is salty, sweet, and spicy. This slaw is vegan and gluten-free and sure to be one that everyone loves.
Asian Coleslaw
Watermelon Pico de Gallo (salsa)
Sweet and spicy watermelon pico de gallo is the summer salsa great with chips or on seafood tacos.
Watermelon Salsa
Grilled Peach & Goat Cheese Salad
Sweet grilled peaches, creamy avocado, tangy goat cheese, and spicy arugula are a summer salad sensation. This recipe for Grilled Peach, Avocado, and Goat Cheese Arugula Salad is fresh, sweet, crisp, & juicy. This simple summer salad is easy & perfect for bbq, cookouts, & parties.
Grilled Peach & Goat Cheese Salad
Mexican Watermelon Cucumber Salad
A refreshing summer salad with the zing of Tajin added to watermelon, cucumber, and toasted pepitas. This simple recipe is a great side dish with all your Mexican favorites - tacos, enchiladas, & tortas.
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Instant Pot Steamed Broccoli
Instant pot steamed broccoli is a healthy and easy recipe that comes out perfect every time. In just a few minutes fresh broccoli is cooked and ready to enjoy. This method works in any electric pressure cooker with or without a steamer basket and results in fresh steamed broccoli that is not mushy.
Instant Pot Broccoli
Chicken Broth Rice
For a flavorful 30-minute side, make 3 ingredient chicken broth rice. It's better than using just water, a buttery rich simple recipe. It's a comforting recipe similar to a no pasta/gluten-free Rice-a-Roni copycat. Made in a skillet & not a pot or rice cooker, the toasted rice flavor is the best.
Chicken Broth Rice
Asian-Inspired Teriyaki Brussels Sprouts
This easy recipe for Brussels sprouts is an Asian-inspired twist on the classic vegetable. It has sweet, spicy, savory, & salty flavors you won't want to miss. The homemade teriyaki sauce is gluten-free plus has brown sugar that caramelizes the Brussels sprouts as they roast in the oven. The crispy edges & delicious sauce makes this quick & simple recipe irresistible.
Teriyaki Brussels Sprouts
How to Make Korean Quick Pickled Vegetables
These salty and sour quick refrigerator pickled vegetables are easy to make. Making your own saves money and allows you to use what vegetables you like. These Asian-inspired julienne vegetables are a great salty-sweet treat.
Pickles Veggies
Roasted Green Beans with Everything But the Bagel Seasoning
These delicious oven-roasted green beans will be a family favorite. The nutty sesame seasoning that includes garlic and onion adds so much flavor. This quick & easy recipe is the best thanks to everything but the bagel seasoning that elevates this simple vegetable side dish.
Oven-Roasted Green Beans
Air Fryer Green Beans
In just 10 minutes, this recipe for crispy air fryer green beans is the best. This simple side dish with few ingredients is quick & easy.
Air Fryer Green Beans
Air Fryer Loaded Potato Skins
The best crunchy air fryer loaded potato skins is this quick & easy recipe. This 30-minute appetizer or side is great for game day, parties, or dinner. Use baked potatoes & stuff with crispy bacon & melted cheddar cheese. Don't forget all the best toppings like sour cream & chives, dips, & more. Including how to bake, scoop, & cook potato skins with time & temperature steps to cook these TGI Friday's copycat recipe to perfection.
Air Fryer Loaded Potato Skins
Deep-Fried Beer-Battered Onion Rings
Onion rings are a classic fried treat that is so easy to make homemade. This beer-battered recipe for onion rings is deep-fried until crispy & crunchy. It's the perfect side dish, snack, or appetizer.
Homemade Onion Rings
Best Ever Mango Ice Cream (with Ice Cream Maker)
Homemade mango ice cream is the best ever creamy frozen dessert. This tasty recipe takes a wonderful vanilla ice cream base and adds luscious fresh mango for the easiest mango ice cream.
Mango Ice Cream
Easy 4-Ingredient Key Lime Pie
This easy 4-ingredient key lime pie recipe is a slice of heaven. The creamy filling is tart, sweet, tangy, & the perfect summer dessert.
4-Ingredient Key Lime PIe
Grilled Pineapple Sundaes
Rum raisin caramel sauce drizzled over ice cream and grilled pineapple is the boozy tropical treat to enjoy all summer. This dessert is the best for BBQ backyard cookouts & pool parties.
Pineapple Sundaes with Rum Raisin Caramel Sauce
More Dips, Sauces, & Cocktails
Jalapeno Lime Crema
A great way to spice things up is this citrus and lime sauce. This creamy sauce is spicy and bright which pairs perfectly with crunchy sweet coconut shrimp.
Jalapeno Lime Crema
Spicy Cajun Remoulade Dipping Sauce
This Louisiana staple is a creamy spicy sauce that is easy to make and packs a lot of flavor. With a touch of honey to balance the horseradish, dijon, and Cajun seasoning, this sauce has it all.
Remoulade Dipping Sauce
Pineapple Mango Salsa
This pineapple mango salsa is the perfect tropical condiment when enjoying coconut shrimp. A fresh fruit salsa with crisp cucumber, sweet red bell peppers, and some heat from jalapeno for a sweet and spicy accompaniment.
Pineapple Mango Salsa
Key Lime Margarita
To enjoy a truly tropical meal, add this key lime margarita. It is like dessert in a glass with a fun graham cracker rim and a secret touch of creamy sweetness for one amazing cocktail.
Check out this recipe
Passion Fruit & Ginger Mojitos
This gorgeous rum cocktail recipe has tropical sweet flavors of passion fruit, a bit of tartness of lime juice, and a kick of spice from ginger.
Passion Fruit Mojitos
Rice or Vegetable Side Dishes
Instant Pot Coconut Rice
This easy electric pressure cooker recipe makes fluffy perfect rice every time. The addition of coconut milk in the cooking liquid as more flavor so you will never want plain basmati rice ever again.
Coconut Rice
Vegan Asian Brown Rice Salad
This brown rice salad comes together in only 30 minutes. It is full of healthy ingredients like cabbage and carrots plus some edamame for added protein.
Asian Brown Rice
Cauliflower Copycat Chipotle Rice
A great low-carb and keto side dish option. This cauliflower copycat chipotle rice only needs a few ingredients to deliver on bright and herby flavor.
Copycat Chipotle Rice (Cauliflower)
Salad & Other Side Dishes
Vinegar Based Coleslaw
This coleslaw has no mayo and has a vinegar based dressing. It is healthy, crisp, and pair perfectly with sweet coconut shrimp.
Coleslaw
Healthy Cucumber Radish Salad
A tahini salad dressing tops this simple and healthy salad. Ribbons of cucumber and spicy radishes pair up in this pretty and quick side dish.
Cucumber Radish Salad
Crunchy Asian Broccoli Slaw
Store-bought ramen noodles never had a better calling. This easy broccoli slaw salad comes together quickly and has so much flavor and texture thanks to crunchy noodles, sunflower seeds, and rice wine vinegar.
Asian Broccoli Slaw
Purple Sweet Potato Tater Tots
How fun and beautiful are these purple tater tots. They are sweet, crispy, and satisfying.
Purple Tater Tots
More Side Dish Ideas
For additional side recipes that go well with any kind of seafood, check out these other articles. All the amazing recipes are shared by the best food bloggers and include a wide variety of side dish ideas to serve with fish, shellfish, and more.
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Final Notes: Top Picks!
If you are trying to figure out what goes well with coconut shrimp, this list is exactly what you are looking for. If you want slaw, vegetables, fries, cocktails, dipping sauces or more this list has you covered. These are my favorites:
- Deep-Fried Sweet Potato Fries
- Asian Avocado Coleslaw
- Pineapple Mango Salsa
- Key Lime Margarita
- Instant Pot Steamed Broccoli
- Homemade Beer-Battered onion Rings
- Best Ever Mango Ice Cream
Simply make your favorite coconut shrimp recipe. Then, choose one or more wonderful sides from the lists above. Enjoy!
Leeanne says
I made the hot honey and it was so good to drizzle over the coconut shrimp. Chomp chomp yum.
Angela says
Love your comment - chomp chomp yum. I need to remember that.
Prakesh says
Wow! The hot honey is the best. I am ready to eat it on everything.
Angela says
I agree. The Hot Honey recipe is simply amazing on everything.