Walnut shrimp 核桃蝦
 
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Chinese
Serves: 3 ppl
Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions
  1. Boil some water in a frying pan
  2. Cook the walnut for 1 min, drain and set aside to cool
  3. Melt the butter in a frying pan at medium heat
  4. Add walnuts, stir fry for 2 min
  5. Remove and drain the walnuts, set aside to cool
  6. Add water and brown sugar to the pan and bring it to boil at medium heat for 1 min
  7. When it caramelizes, add in the walnuts and stir fry
  8. After the walnuts are well-coated with sugar, transfer them to a sheet of parchment paper to cool
  9. cut into the back of the shrimp at head-to-tail direction but do not cut them into two halves
  10. Rinse with water and dry with paper towel
  11. Mix the batter: cake flour, rice flour, cornstarch, baking powder, oil and water
  12. Coat shrimp with batter evenly
  13. Heat up the oil to 300F
  14. Put in the shrimp one by one, fry for 15 sec
  15. Remove from the oil, let it cool for 3 min
  16. Heat up the oil to 350F
  17. Put in the shrimps and fry for 10 sec
  18. Remove the shrimps and set aside
  19. Mix the sauce: mayonnaise and honey
  20. drizzle the sauce on top of the fried shrimps
  21. sprinkle the walnuts on top of the fried shrimps
Recipe by It's My Dish at https://itsmydish.com/walnut-shrimp/