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  • Serves: 4 Servings

Walnut Shrimp

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Category: Fish

 Ingredients List

  • 1 lb Medium shrimp, peeled and
  • Deveined
  • Coating:
  • 1 Egg white
  • 1 ts Salt
  • 2 ts Cornstarch
  • Other ingredients:
  • 1/2 c Peanut oil, for velveting
  • 2 ts Fresh ginger, finely chopped
  • 2 tb Fresh scallions chopped fine
  • 1/2 c Walnuts, unsalted cashews,
  • Or almonds, roasted
  • 1/2 ts Salt
  • 1 tb Hoisin sauce
  • 1 tb Rice wine
  • 6 tb Chicken stock
  • 1/2 ts Cornstarch mixed with 1/2
  • Ts water
  • 1 ts Sesame oil

 Directions

Combine shrimp with coating ingredients in a bowl; mix well and refrigerate
for 20 minutes. Heat wok or large skillet until hot and add peanut oil.
When oil is just warm, quickly add shrimp, stir to separate, and turn off
heat. Allow shrimp o sit in the warm oil for about 2 minutes; drain in a
colander set inside a stainless steel bowl. Wipe the wok clean, return 1
1/2 tb of the drained oil to the wok, and add the ginger and scallions,
stir frying for 30 seconds. Stir in the walnuts or cashews, salt, and
continue to stir fry another 30 seconds. Return the shrimp to the wok with
the remaining ingredients and stir fry another 2 minutes. Turn out onto a
platter and serve at once. Serve with fried rice



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