Yield: 4 servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
½ cup | Walnuts |
5 cups | Water |
1 cup | Sugar |
2 cups | Oil |
16 mediums | Prawns, peeled and cleaned |
½ cup | Cornstarch |
½ cup | Egg whites |
2 tablespoons | Honey |
3 tablespoons | Mayonnaise |
1 tablespoon | Fresh lemon juice |
½ tablespoon | Condensed milk |
½ cup | Oil |
Here's a goody. I normally shy away from Western influenced Chinese recipes and would never have fixed this one on my own. It calls for such non-Chinese things as milk and mayonnaise. My room mate fixed it the other night though, and it was excellent. He was trying to duplicate a dish that he and his date had at a Chinese place a while back and apparently, this is almost it. Laurie suggested it would be closer to the restaurant dish by just dusting the shrimp with cornstarch rather than making a batter. I imagine that it would be good either way. It certainly is good this way! Rinse walnuts, then boil in 5 cups water, continually changing water until clear. When clear, boil with sugar until sugar dissolves. Heat 2 cups oil until almost smoking, then deep-fry walnuts until they're shiny and brown, no longer golden. Remove walnuts to cookie sheet, let cool. Mix cornstarch and egg whites together to form a thick, sticky texture and mix well with prawns. Set aside. Mix honey, mayonnaise, lemon juice and condensed milk in a medium bowl until smooth.
Heat oil until boiling, then deep fry prawns until golden brown.
Drain, then fold in honey-mayonnaise mixture. mix well, sprinkle with walnuts, and arrange on platter.
Serves 4 to 6.
Daily Review, (Hayward, CA) ⅖/92.
Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; February 17 1992.