This honey walnut shrimp is one of my favourite recipes and when I made it recently I thought that I would take the opportunity to update the recipe and photos which I originally shared back in 2009! Honey walnut shrimp is a simple dish with crispy coated shrimp in honey, sweetened condensed milk and mayonnaise sauce mixed with candied walnuts! I like a panko breadcrumb coating as it gets nice and crispy and the textured surface provides plenty of nooks and crannies for the sauce to cling to, but a cornstarch coating is also good! This dish could not be quicker or easier to make! You just need to do some dredging, some dipping, some frying and then toss the shrimp in the sauce along with the nuts and you are ready to go! I like to serve honey walnut shrimp as a meal on rice along with a vegetable but it’s also great when you serve the shrimp and the dip separately as a snack or appetizer for dipping. Another option that I like is adding some chili sauce for some spicy heat! No matter how you serve honey walnut shrimp you are sure to enjoy it!
The original photo:
Honey Walnut Shrimp
Crispy shrimp coated in a creamy honey and walnut sauce!
ingredients
- 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/3 cup flour (gluten-free for gluten-free)
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs (gluten-free for gluten-free)
- oil for frying
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon sweetened condensed milk (optional)
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)
- 1 cup walnuts (optionally candied walnuts)
directions
- Dredge the shrimp in the flour, dip in the egg and coat in breadcrumbs before cooking in oil in a medium sized sauce pan over medium heat until lightly golden brown, about 1-3 minutes per side and setting aside on paper towels to drain.
- Toss the shrimp in the mixture of the mayonnaise, sweetened condensed milk, honey and lemon juice and walnuts
Option: Replace the flour, eggs and breadcrumbs with 1 egg mixed with 1/2 cup cornstarch for a more standard crispy coating.
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This is a fabulous and light shrimp dish, it really had wonderful flavor and texture.
Wow, that looks awesome! I just found you through Food Gawker. I’m planning to bake your white chocolate Apricot cookies. I can’t wait to try ’em.
~ Jennifer
I love the addition of walnuts to this delish dish.
Sounds like a very interesting combination. I love crispy shrimp with a sauce.
ohhhh. that sounds delicious! love the idea of adding the walnuts!
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We love HW Shrimp! Love your presentation also!
OK, that is hands down, one tasty picture I could gobble up!
I can eat shrimps every day. Love that new way of serving them.
This is one of my favorite dishes to order in Chinese restaurants and to make at home. It is very easy to make and heavenly to eat. Nice job Kevin!
Love this! This is one of my favorite dishes to order at a Chinese restaurant. I don’t make much seafood at home but I’ve considered trying this. It looks great, Kevin!
This dish is always ordered when we go out for Chinese – Good to know that now I can make it at home!! Great recipe!!
This sounds delicious. I love shrimp!
That’s an unusual combo! Delicious!
Cheers,
Rosa
AWESOME!!
This is a Chinese restaurant dish, popular with absolutely EVERYBODY! =)
Wow, that looks amazing! I love walnuts!
I wouldn’t have thought of putting any of this together…and it sure looks good. Silly me….
Yum!! This is very similar to one of my favorite dishes, except it is usually coated in mayo.I loove candied walnuts!
That looks awesome and sounds so yum…candied walnuts – very interesting !
Wow….the combo sounds a bit off but looks fantastic! Shrimps look crispy and delicious.
I’ve been looking for this recipe for soooooo long!!! Thanks so much!
~Carla
Perfect combination 🙂
Love this combination of flavors for the shrimp! Great recipe!
What a great pic! I’ve made this also and we loved it..Shrimp is a big favorite here also.
Thanks for the reminder!
Like you, the name did it for me! YUM – you did a great job!!
Looks real good!
I will definitely be making this one. Sounds delicious!
haha…I see this honey walnut shrimp whenever I go to Chinese buffets in New Jersey. People go crazy over it but I always thought it was a bit strange, like having fried shrimp dessert. Nice job, looks a lot better than in a steam tray!
Hey Kevin these look great! I like the addition of walnuts as well
Looks delicious with the honey and walnuts! I’m a big shrimp fan too, because it cooks so quickly and is great for weeknight meals!
This looks great – I love both honey and walnuts, but I wouldn’t have thought to combine them with shrimp.
What an interesting recipe! I am curious about these flavor combos and I have to say they look fantastic! Nice photos, too!
I love fried shrimp, and this sounds incredible!
My favorite Chinese restaurant makes this dish and just thinking about it is making me very hungry! Thank you for sharing the recipe. We will have to give it a try at home.
I just made your recipe for lunch. Excellent dish (as all your shrimp recipes seem to be)! Since you are such a shrimp enthusiast, do you favor any particular type (wild, gulf of mexico, etc…)?
This dish looks so interesting and incredibly addictive. I’m willing to compromise my willpower for my family’s tastebuds (big of me,huh?)
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Mmmmm, sounds sweet and creamy and delicious.
Yum! You are always posting everything I plan to eat. I had just looked up a similar recipe two days ago at http://events.nytimes.com/recipes/2673/1988/02/10/Sweet-Shrimp-With-Mayonnaise-Sauce/recipe.html because my sister-in-law loves the shrimp and walnut dish at PF Chang’s and I was planning to make her a version of it because the darn restaurant is so far away.
Tonight I’m planning to make your version of jalapeno poppers for my husband. I just this morning picked up the cheeses. He loved your chicken and orzo dish last week.
I love your blog. Keep doing what you’re doing.
I had never thought of a sweet-ish shrimp dish! This is why I love the blog world so much, constantly being exposed to new ideas, and why I love your blogs in particular, you’re so innovative and diverse in your food choices!
This looks great!
I can eat shrimps every day. Love that new way of serving them.
Yum! I love restaurant-styled dishes made at home! this looks like the real deal!
Oh man, I can see why you couldn’t pass this up! This is just awesome. Between all those flavors and textures, I suspect a double batch would have to be made in my house! YUM!
This looks phenomenal, Kevin. And happy belated blog anniversary (sorry, I’m a little slow …). What an amazing two years! And look how many recipes you have shared. That’s just amazing. Your foods are anything but boring.
I have to admit, I’ve never had walnuts with shrimp and it’s not a combination that comes easily to mind, but this looks absolutely amazing. Would love to try it some time and being that I just bought some shrimp the other day, this may be one of our weekend meals.
Maria: Thanks for letting me know!
Pat: I am not really sure. None of the seafood stores near me have that much selection that they have different sources labeled. Just the different sizes.
Oh man, you’re killing me. One of my favorite things to get at our Chinese restaurant, and now a recipe for it?
This is one of mine and the kids’ fav. dish. My husband would love to eat it too..but has allergy! 🙁
This sounds really good, Kevin. Also… love the placemat 😉
What a quick and healthy dish Kevin! Great job!
Oh Kevin. I just recently tried this for the first time and it was SO TASTY. I can’t wait to try your recipe!!!
Yum! This is one of my favorites at Chinese food.
This is one of my husband’s favorite dishes, but I’d never thought of making it myself!
I really need to check you and Rasa Malaysia more often…
Honey walnut prawns is my all-time favorite dish to order at Chinese restaurants. Yours came out so great! I’ve tried to make them at home 3x now and I routinely mess up the walnuts (overcook) but I appreciate how this recipe specifies a cooking time (the one I’d followed did not). Will give it a 4th go!
I saw this recipe on Rasa Malaysia too. I have been wanting to make it but have not had the opportunity yet. THis is a nudge to make it. Looks so amazing Kevin.
This would be my daughter’s favorite.. she love the sweet tinge in the shrimps!
L O V E this!!! 🙂
awesome! i will check this out. PF Changs makes this with the addition of some honey dew melon balls, which i’ve always found really intriguing, thanks for the awesome blog!
Sono buonissimi, li adoro…
Looks great Kevin, I am glad you like it. I loooove shrimps too and can eat them everyday. 🙂
Yours looks great, much prettier than my attempt. I love honey walnut shrimp!
There is an Asian restaurant close to where I used to live, and I ALWAYS got the walnut shrimp that looks just like this. Oh how I miss it, I’m definitely going to give this a try!
oh wow, how lovely!
another version is to pour the sauce over shrimp, garnish with walnuts and brocolli. no need to toss bec it would ruin the coat of the shrimp. also, to make it not too sticky but a lil saucy is to add water and sugar (dont boil so its color is whitish not golden), and combine other ingredients accdg to your taste. i like the lemon and honey to stand out.
i just made this recipe for me and my family, it tastes great! Thank you 🙂
Hi,
Just made this tonight and it was fantastic. I ended up doubling the sauce recipe but I used about 1/8th of it. A little bit of sauce goes a really long way.
It was a simple, easy and delicious dish and I enjoyed it very much. I'll probably gain a couple of pounds but it was completely worth it!
I just made this tonight and LOVED it! Thanks!!!
Do you think this would work if I steamed the shrimp first and then tossed with the sauce?
Kelly D: It won't be the same but it should still be tasty!
Can you use flour instead of corn starch?
Anonymous: Flour will work!
Hi Kevin!
Sounds so good!
I'm kind of sqeamish with the mayonnaise (I really don't like the stuff)
But I'm going to give this a go!
It just sounds so very good.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Charlie
Kevin:
This is a SOS!
I have my shrimp and scallops out for supper, so hopefully you will see this early.
I want to make this recipe with both the shrimp and scallops for tonight.
From the picture they look like small shrimp.
My shrimp are tiger shrimp (huge) and my scallops are U10 (again huge).
How long should I have them in the oil, until they are done perfectly???
Have a Joyful Day :~D
Charlie
Charlie: Wow those are big! I have never tried this recipe with shrimp that big! A good rule of thumb is that when they turn pink all over, they are done.
Yummy…thank you ever so much for sharing!!!!
This is literally the BEST shrimp recipe EVER! My whole family loves it. I love it! Lol, I wish I didn't have to feel so guilty eating it but I will find a way to cut out some calories…eventually…maybe 😉 Thanks again!
Anonymous: I'm glad that you enjoyed it! I like to pull this dish out every once in a while for a tasty indulgence! It's ok to treat yourself! 🙂
Gorgeous new pictures Kevin!! the shrimp couldn't look more delicious!
Looks like it would be a hit in my house!
This looks sooo delicious!! Isn't breaded shrimp just the best??
Sues
Strange that the title ab I ve the recipe says "honey garlic shrimp" but there is no garlic listed in the ingredients…
Strange that the title ab I ve the recipe says "honey garlic shrimp" but there is no garlic listed in the ingredients…
Thanks for posting this recipe! I bought this from a Wegman's buffet bar, and had never eaten, or even heard of, it before! It was delicious and very different; never saw it in a restaurant. Have been wanting the recipe ever since! Thanks, Kevin. 🙂
Love the walnuts you snuck in there!
trippwojohn: My mind was wandering there! It should have been walnut!
LOVE this recipe! Cannot wait to try it out!