Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Honey Walnut Shrimp.


Success! Honey Walnut Shrimp is a dish I crave when I'm pregnant. I've tried my hand at different variations of this recipe, but have had disastrous results. Last night, I finally made some that turned out wonderful.
Honey Walnut Shrimp 
Serves 4
  • 1 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1 Tbsp white wine
  • 1/4 tsp white pepper
  • 1 egg white
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • cornstarch
  • canola oil
Sauce:
  • 1/4 C mayonnaise 
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 2 tsp rice vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
Honey walnuts:
  • 1 C walnuts 
  • 3 tsp honey
  • 1 tsp water
  • cilantro
  • toasted sesame seeds
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Beat egg white till foamy. Mix rice wine, white pepper and salt to egg white. Toss shrimp in mixture. Let shrimp rest in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

For honey walnuts, mix the honey with water. Place walnuts of a baking sheet, bake 15 minutes. Cool.

To make the honey mayo sauce,  whisk mayonnaise, honey, vinegar and salt. 

Heat oil to 350 degrees in shallow pan. While heating, take marinated shrimp and coat with cornstarch. Fry shrimp, about 1 minute in each side. Toss shrimp with honey sauce mixture. Add honey walnuts, cilantro and toasted sesame seeds. Serve with rice.

6 comments:

Callie Canlas said...

mmmm...i'm trying this tonight!

Unknown said...

that looks amazing! i crave that kind of stuff too. prego or not..

*ehu. said...

OH MY GOSH! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! Wow, I just randomly surfed into your blog and what do I find...the BEST shrimp dish EVER!! Oh man, even though I'm still full from Thanksgiving...I think I'm ready to whip up some Honey Walnut Shrimp!

Anonymous said...

Yum-yum! My favorite sushi place around the corner made an "almond shrimp" that I adored... then they went out of business. (As if I wasn't eating enough of it?!?)This recipe looks like it might taste like their dish... will have to try! Thanks for sharing.

andi said...

I am SOOO going to make this RIGHT NOW. Wait, it's 11:00pm. Ok, tomorrow for sure.

Jeni said...

this looks AMAZING