Best Coconut Colada Recipes

BOBBY FLAY'S COCONUT-BANANA COLADA

Steps:

• Place the bananas and pineapple in a blender; puree until smooth. Add the rum, cream of coconut, 2 cups ice cubes and the juice of half the lime; blend until smooth and frothy. Thinly slice the remaining lime half. Pour the colada into glasses; garnish with lime slices and toasted coconut, if desired.

PINA COLADA COCONUT RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Combine yellow cake mix, water, eggs, and vegetable oil in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth, about 2 minutes. Fold in 1/2 cup shredded coconut. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 23 to 28 minutes.
• Mix cream of coconut and white rum together in a bowl. Poke holes in the hot cake with the end of a wooden spoon; pour cream of coconut mixture evenly over the cake. Chill cake, 8 hours to overnight.
• Mix remaining shredded coconut, crushed pineapple, and whipped topping together in a bowl. Spread evenly over the chilled cake. Chill for 1 hour before serving.

PINA COLADA WHITE BREAD PUDDING WITH COCONUT TOPPING/RUM CARAMEL SAUCE RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• •Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Place bread crumbs in prepared baking dish. •In a medium-sized bowl, combine eggs, milk, 1 cup cream of coconut, pineapple, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg; mix well. Pour over bread cubes, making sure bread is completely moistened. •Bake 55 to 60 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Topping: •In a small bowl, with an electric beater on medium speed, combine heavy cream and remaining cream of coconut just until stiff. •Serve over warm bread pudding or, if you prefer, chill pudding and topping until ready to serve, making topping within 2 to 3 hours of serving; top just before serving. Rum caramel if used should be drizzled before topping is applied. Carmel: Over medium high heat, melt the butter and the brown sugar together, adding the rum and then the cream. Cook at a rolling boil for about 5 minutes as it bubbles and thickens. Pour over the bread pudding and serve

COPY CAT COCONUT SHRIMP WITH PINA COLADA SAUCE LIKE RED LOBSTER'S.

Steps:

• 1. Place 1 cup corn starch in a bowl; set aside.
• 2. Combine bread crumbs, 1/2 cup corn starch and coconut flakes in a separate bowl; set aside.
• 3. Combine 1 cup pina colada drink mix, powdered sugar and rum if desired in a separate bowl; set aside
• 4. Coat shrimp in corn starch, then dip in pina colada mixture, then in coconut mixture, back into pina colada mixture and back into coconut mixture.
• 5. Carefull drop each coated shrimp into 375 degree oil, fry until golden brown, drain on a brown paper bags.
• 6. To make sauce for dipping.
• 7. Combine 1/2 cup pina colada drink mix, sour cream and pineapple, stir and place in a bowl.
• 8. Dip fried shrimp in the sauce and enjoy.
• 9. * Also can be baked on a greased cookie sheet at 450 or until golden brown or broiled in your oven. Watch not to burn them.

COCONUT CHICKEN FINGERS WITH PINA COLADA DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix together coconut, flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder in flat dish.
• Dip chicken strips into egg, then coat with coconut mixture.
• Place in shallow baking pan and drizzle with melted butter.
• Bake at 400 degrees F for 25 minutes or until chicken is browned and cooked through, turning once.
• To Make Pina Colada Dipping Sauce: Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

COCONUT CHICKEN WITH PINA COLADA DIP (7 POINTS WW)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Combine first 3 ingredients in a large plastic bag.
• Add chicken to bag and seal.
• Marinate in fridge 1½ hours - turn bag occasionally.
• Combine bread crumbs, coconut, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
• Remove chicken from marinade; discard remaining marinade.
• Dredge chicken, 1 pc at a time into bread crumb mixture.
• Place chicken on a sprayed baking sheet
• Coat top of chicken with cooking spray.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until done.

COCONUT OR PINA COLADA CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare cake mix according to package directions adding coconut to the batter.
• Bake in a greased, floured 13x9x2 inch pan.
• When done, remove from oven and punch deep holes in cake with a fork.
• Pour the Cream of Coconut into holes.
• Let sit until cool before icing.
• For icing, mix cool whip, coconut, and liquer if desired.
• Spread icing on cake and store refrigerated.

COCONUT MACADAMIA NUT-CRUSTED MAHI MAHI W/ PINA COLADA SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Combine all the salsa ingredients in a large bowl. Set aside.
• Combine shredded coconut with the panko, macadamia nuts and 3/4 tsp sea salt in a shallow bowl. Combine the coconut milk and soy sauce in another shallow dish. Sprinkle fish on both sides with the remaining 1/4 tsp salt and black pepper. Dip one side of the fish into the milk mixture and then dredge the dipped side into the panko/coconut mixture.
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish, crust side down, to pan and cook 3 minutes.
• Transfer fish, crust side up, to an 8×8-inch baking or casserole pan. Bake for 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily.
• Serve with the salsa.

PINA' COLADA COCONUT TAMALES

Steps:

• Husk.
• Soak corn husks in hot water to cover 30 minutes. Separate husks, removing all red and brown corn threads and dirt.
• Masa.
• Combine masa 1 cup of shortening or margarine, 1 Table spoon brown sugar, ½ a cup of raisins, ½ cup granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract into mixing bowl and water gradually. Combine and fold masa and shortening together. Fold shortening mixture for 2 minutes, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Mix masa and shortening until fluffy, add more water as needed.
• Test masa and consistency by taking a piece of the masa mixture and dropping it into a glass of warm water, and if it floats it is ready for use. Cover masa mixture with plastic wrap.
• Filling.
• Combine into a quart size simmering pan 2-20oz cans of diced pineapples, 1 cup coconut, 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of nutmeg, 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon, 1 cup of raisins, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 2 cups of water. Boil mixture for 15 minutes then simmer for 10 minutes or until the mixture is thick and syrupy. Remove filling from the stove and cool.
• Using hands spread masa mixture on the inside of the corn (you can combine two husks together by over lapping one on the other for larger tamales.
• Spoon about 1 tablespoons pineapple down center the masa. Sprinkle with about 1 1/2 teaspoons raisins. Roll up husk, rolling left side over right. Fold bottom narrow end up and over, and secure with husk strips or kitchen string. Repeat procedure with remaining corn husks, masa, pineapple, and raisins.
• Using a small tamale pot or double boiler place water in pot and boil before adding tamales to cut down on cooking time. Once the water has started to boil place tamales side by side and stacking them in an orderly fashion and cook until the masa on the inside of the husk is firm but not tough.

TOASTED COCONUT PINA COLADA CAKE

Steps:

• For cake, preheat oven to 350° F.
• Mix all ingredients well.
• Pour batter equally into 3 greased and floured round cake pans.
• Bake for 25 minutes.
• Cool and Frost.
• For Frosting: Mix dry pudding mix and pineapple, then add cool whip.
• Frost cooled cake, and sprinkle with coconut and refrigerate until serving.
• Warning, since the frosting has cool whip in it, exposure to heat will make it runny.

COCONUT CHICKEN BITES WITH PINA COLADA SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Melt butter in sauce pan.
• 2. Add brown sugar and stir over med heat until sugar is melted and browns slightly.
• 3. Add flour, stirring until well blended over med heat. Mixture will thicken.
• 4. Add juice and coconut milk to sauce mixture. While cooking over low heat mixture will thicken, stir occasionally. While sauce is simmering prepare chicken.
• 5. Cut raw chicken into bite size pieces.
• 6. Place chicken pieces into a bowl with the buttermilk.
• 7. Place flour, panko, coconut and seasonings in plastic bag, mix well. Place chicken in bag, a few pieces at a time and shake to cover well.
• 8. Place chicken pieces on parchment lined baking pan. Drizzle with melted butter.
• 9. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes until cooked through and browned.

PIñA COLADA MOUSSES WITH ALMOND TUILES, COCONUT SAUCE, AND RAPBERRY COULIS

Steps:

• In a small heavy saucepan stir together juice and sugar and simmer until reduced to about 3/4 cup. In a bowl lightly beat yolks and in a slow stream add half of hot juice mixture, whisking. Add egg mixture to remaining juice mixture and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly, until custard is thickened and a thermometer registers 160°F.
• Transfer custard to a clean bowl and with an electic mixer beat until cool and very thick. In another bowl with electric mixer beat cream until it just holds stiff peaks. Gently fold in coconut milk and fold cream mixture into custard gently but thoroughly. Spoon mousse into ten 1/3-cup cone-shaped paper cups or other very small paper cups. (If using cone-shaped paper cups, set in small winglass or juice glass to keep upright.) Freeze mousses, covered, at least 4 hours, or until firm, and up to 1 day.
• In a saucepan bring whole milk, coconut milk, and sugar to a boil, stirring until suagr is dissolved. In a bowl lightly beat yolks and in a slow stream add half of hot mixture, whisking. Add egg mixture to remaining milk mixture, stirring and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly, until sauce is thickened and a thermometer registers 160°F. Chill sauce, its surface covered with a buttered round of wax paper, at least 3 hours, or until cold, and up to 1 day. Stir rum into sauce.
• In a blender purée raspberries with syrup and pour through a fine sieve into a bowl.
• Gently tear paper cups from mousses and invert onto 10 plates. Cut each mousse horizontally into thirds. Carefully seperating sections with a spatula, slip a 3-inch tuile between bottom and middle sections and a 2 1/2-inch thick tuile between top and middle sections of each mousse.
• Spoon coconut sauce around mousse and dot sauce with rasberry coulis. Draw a knife decoratively through sauce and coulis and garnish desserts with pineapple leaves.

LEMON-COCONUT PIñA COLADA

Steps:

• Place first 6 ingredients in large blender. Add ice. Cover and blend until smooth. Pour into two 14-ounce glasses. Garnish with grated lemon peel and nutmeg.
• Coconut Rim
• Dip the rim of each glass in water, then press into a bowl of coarsely crushed toasted shredded coconut. To crush the coconut easily, rub it several times in the palm of your hand.

LEMON COCONUT COLADA

Steps:

• In a shaker filled with ice; combine all ingredients; shake to blend.
• Strain into ice filled hurricane glasses.
• Garnish with lemon zest.

COCONUT CHICKEN TENDERS WITH PINA COLADA DIP

Steps:

• Mix the flour, sugar, salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder in a shallow bowl.
• In a separate shallow bowl, whisk the eggs together then pour in the coconut milk and whisk again to combine.
• In a separate bowl, mix the breadcrumbs and coconut together.
• Heat the coconut oil in a large frying pan over low-high heat to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Dredge a chicken tender in the flour, then in the egg mixture, then press the breadcrumb mixture onto the chicken.
• Fry in the oil for 3-4 minutes on each side or until golden in color.
• Repeat the process with the remaining chicken tenders but add no more than 3 tenders to the pan at one time.
• Once cooked, remove the chicken from the pan and drain off the excess oil on a plate with a paper towel or on a cookie cooling rack.
• While the chicken is frying, blend the sweetened condensed coconut milk, pineapple and salt together and pour it into a small bowl.
• Once all of the chicken has been fried, serve immediately with freshly chopped cilantro and the dipping sauce.

COCONUT COLADA

Steps:

• Add captain morgan parrot bay coconut rum, milk, pineapple juice in a blender.
• Blend 10-15 seconds and pour into speciality glass.
• Garnish with pineapple spear.