Honey Walnut Shrimp

Name: Honey Walnut Shrimp (Mi Tao Xia)
Yield: Serves 4 as part of a multicourse meal
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 8 oz (250 g) shelled and deveined mediumsized raw shrimp; ¼ cup (65 ml) water; ¼ cup (50 g) sugar; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon egg white; Oil, for frying; 3 tablespoons mayonnaise; ½ cup (70 g) cornstarch; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; ½ tablespoon honey; ½ tablespoon condensed milk; ½ cup (50 g) walnut halves

Mi Tao Xia

Preparation info

Serves
4
as part of a multicourse meal

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Easy Chinese Recipes

By Bee Yinn Low

Published 2011

About

A junior co-worker once begged me for my Honey Walnut Shrimp recipe. He had spent a fortune splurging on this decadent dish at a posh Chinese restaurant, which was hurting his budget. It’s hard not to love Honey Walnut Shrimp—deep-fried succulent shrimp, lightly coated with a creamy mayonnaise-based sauce, flecked with crunchy amber-colored glazed walnuts. With such mouthwatering ingredients, Honey Walnut Shrimp has become one of the most loved of the Chinese shrimp dishes.