Honey Walnut Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1 lb Shrimp shell off + deveined
- Minced Green Onions optional
Sauce
- ½ cup Mayonnaise
- 1½ tbsp Condensed Milk
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
Sugar Walnuts
- ½ cup Water
- ½ cup Sugar
- ½ cup Walnuts
Batter
- ½ cup + 2 tbsp Cornstarch
- 2 Egg Whites
Instructions
Sugar Walnuts
- In a pan over medium high heat, add water, sugar and walnuts. Stir and bring to a simmer.
- Stir occasionally until the liquid thickens and reduces in volume. This takes about 2-4 minutes.
- Remove the walnuts and let it cool on parchment paper.
Sauce
- Add all the ingredients for the sauce to a bowl and mix well. Set aside for later.
Shrimp
- Rinse the shrimp, pat dry and season with salt and pepper.
- Make the batter by whisking the egg yolk until its foamy. Then add the cornstarch. Stir until you well combined.
- Add the shrimp and mix well until shrimp is coated with the batter.
- Heat up a pot of oil over medium heat. Once it's hot enough, add the shrimp one by one– make sure each shrimp is coated with the batter.
- Cook in batches making sure not to overcrowd the pot.
- Remove after frying for 3-4 minutes or until it's fully cooked. Fry until all the shrimp are cooked. Double fry all the cooked shrimp at the same time for another 3-4 minutes for crispy shrimp.
- Let it cool on a cooling rack for at least 5 minutes before mixing it with the sauce and half of the walnuts. Garnish with the other half and minced green onions. Serve and enjoy!