Cooked Honey Walnut Prawns
Chinese New Year’s was on February 3, but because of a few scheduling conflicts, we were unable to have a family dinner until tonight. I volunteered to make one of the dishes, Honey Walnut Prawns. I chose this dish because I love eating it and also because I had never made it before.
The first step is to make a simple syrup for the walnuts. With one part water and one part sugar, I stirred and boiled.
I added the walnuts and boiled for two minutes.
I removed the walnuts from the pot and let them dry.
I then had to clean the prawns and remove their shells. J and I did about a pound each, and while I was working I had a guest stop by.
I decided to leave the tails on, since I thought they looked nicer that way.
I needed to separate two eggs because I was planning on coating the prawns in egg whites. I enlisted the help of my special guest to hold the yolk of the eggs for me.
My helper watched as I mixed the whites and the prawns together, and he also helped measure out the mochiko flour as well.
We were preparing them for frying. The little guy helped me bread a few of the prawns.
I fried them in hot oil and put them on a rack (that J set up for me) to cool and drain.
I made the sauce and stirred the prawns into it.
I had to get my little taste test in.
And here is the final result.
I think it turned out well, but in hindsight, I think I would’ve preferred taking the tails off. I wouldn’t say it was an easy dish to make, but I could do it again in a fairly short amount of time. It was a good experience. And tasty, too. ;)
blog comments powered by Disqus