Honey Walnut Shrimp

I swear to God that if I were anymore awesome, it would be illegal. I've been craving for Chinese take-out lately but I'm more than just a little bit broke. Not to mention that our favorite take-out place was replaced by a strip club (Damn you, Pandora's Box!). So I figured out how to make one of our favorite dishes, Honey Walnut Shrimp, tonight. Joe is going to freak when he finds out about this.

Need:
shrimp
corn starch
s+p
mayonnaise
honey
lemon
sugar
walnuts (I didn't have walnuts, so I used chopped hazelnuts that I had in the pantry)

 

Mix together corn starch, s+p. Then throw shrimp in to coat.

 

Put some sugar in a pan on low heat and let it melt slowly. Non-stick pan is good for this application because if you screw up, its not a total loss of a good pan. Don't screw up.

 

In another pan, add honey, mayo, and lemon juice and heat to medium, stir.

 

Sugar melting slowly. For this small amount, it only took about 5 minutes. Then add nuts and stir. Let cool. You have now candied some nuts (that's what she said).

 

Add shrimp to hot oil and fry until done.

 

As the mayo sauce warms, it turn slightly translucent. Add the fried shrimp to the sauce and coat.

 

 

Candied nuts.

 

Toss nuts into shrimp. I ate this with rice and a chicken, mushroom and onion stir-fry. It tasted just like we were back at Seven Seas. I miss you Shaoshing and Home-Dude. You guys ruled.