Fu Pei-Mei

Sweet Candied Walnuts

Su sha t’ao jen

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook
Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

  • About

Ingredients

  • 4 oz. walnut halves
  • 1 cup water
  • ⅔ cup

Method

  1. Put shelled walnuts into 5 cups boiling water, boil for 1 minute. Remove and drain.
  2. Boil another cup of water in a pan. Add sugar, maltose and salt, and cook for 3 minutes. Add walnuts and boil again. Turn off heat and pour everything into a bowl. Soak for about 4 hours.
  3. Drain walnuts, then place into warm oil, deep-fry for about 3 minutes over low he