Sweet and Sour Walnuts

Name: Sweet and Sour Walnuts (甜酸核桃)
Yield: Serves 2 to 4.
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 24 walnut halves; 1 recipe sweet and sour sauce with vegetables; 1 recipe sweet and sour sauce with vegetables; 2 cups oil; 1 recipe sweet and sour sauce with vegetables; 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 4 tablespoons glutinous rice powder; ⅓ cup cold water; 1 teaspoon baking powder

甜酸核桃

Preparation info

Serves
2 to 4
.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

This unusual and delicious dish is also known as sweet and sour “vegetarian” pork. The brown coating is slightly resilient and very crisp, the walnuts crunchy, and the reddish sweet and sour sauce flavors both vegetables and walnuts. It is delectable.

Ingredients

24 walnut halves
1 recipe sweet and sour sauce with vegetables
2

Asia
China
Side dish
Vegan

Method

Preparations

Soak the walnuts for 5 minutes in boiling water and remove any clinging skin. Dry well and then deep-fry them. Let them cool on paper towels.

Make the batter by mixing the glutinous rice powder, flour, and baking powder with the water until smooth.

Make the sweet and sour sauce and stir-fry the vegetables. Put the ve