Chile Toasted Coconut Strips

8 Servings
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Fresh coconut, sliced and lightly toasted. Highlighted with a sprinking of salt and chilie.

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Chile Toasted Coconut Strips Ingredients

1 medium Fresh coconut	1 teaspoon Coarse salt; or to taste, up
1 tablespoon Chile powder; up to 2	1 large Lime; Juice of

Instructions for Chile Toasted Coconut Strips

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Poke holes in the three soft areas at the top of the coconut shell with an ice pick or nail. Drain the milk and save for another use. Place the coconut on a sheet pan and bake 10 minutes, until shell and flesh separate. Reduce oven to 300 degrees. Crack the shell open with a hammer. Remove and discard shell, leaving the brown skin on. Cut the coconut meat into thin strips using a vegetable peeler or slicing side of the grater. Toss in a bowl with remaining ingredients. Arrange the seasoned coconut strips in a single layer on a baking sheet. Toast oven, 10 to 12 minutes, stirring frequently, until golden brown. Cool and store in an airtight container.

If you have an even split on the coconut shell save it and use it to serve in. Roll up a napkin and form it into a ring to get it to stand up on the table.

Main Ingredient: CoconutCuisine: American

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Chile

Coconut

Lime

Salt

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[I made edits to this recipe.]

promfh
on Feb 8 2008 6:13PM

[I made edits to this recipe.]

promfh
on Feb 8 2008 6:13PM

Try serving this in the coconut shell. Wrap a napkin into a ring to get it to stand up on the table. Keeping the slices very thin (1/16 inch) helped make the dish more attractive.

promfh
on Feb 8 2008 3:27PM

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This was a bit of work to do but the results were excellent.

promfh
on Feb 7 2008 7:29PM

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