Walnut shrimp 核桃蝦
Author: Jeff Kang
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Chinese
Serves: 3 ppl
- ½ cup of walnut halves
- 1 tbsp of butter
- 2 tbsp of brown sugar
- 1 tbsp of water
- 12 oz of shrimps
- 6 tbsp of cake flour
- 2 tbsp of rice flour
- 2 tbsp of cornstarch
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 4 tsp of oil
- 6 tbsp of water
- 2 tbsp of mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp of honey
- Boil some water in a frying pan
- Cook the walnut for 1 min, drain and set aside to cool
- Melt the butter in a frying pan at medium heat
- Add walnuts, stir fry for 2 min
- Remove and drain the walnuts, set aside to cool
- Add water and brown sugar to the pan and bring it to boil at medium heat for 1 min
- When it caramelizes, add in the walnuts and stir fry
- After the walnuts are well-coated with sugar, transfer them to a sheet of parchment paper to cool
- cut into the back of the shrimp at head-to-tail direction but do not cut them into two halves
- Rinse with water and dry with paper towel
- Mix the batter: cake flour, rice flour, cornstarch, baking powder, oil and water
- Coat shrimp with batter evenly
- Heat up the oil to 300F
- Put in the shrimp one by one, fry for 15 sec
- Remove from the oil, let it cool for 3 min
- Heat up the oil to 350F
- Put in the shrimps and fry for 10 sec
- Remove the shrimps and set aside
- Mix the sauce: mayonnaise and honey
- drizzle the sauce on top of the fried shrimps
- sprinkle the walnuts on top of the fried shrimps
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