🍤 Honey Walnut Shrimp (蜜汁合桃虾) - Preserving my dad's recipe!

Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make Honey Walnut Shrimp, a favorite among Chinese banquets + takeouts here in the US! 🍴 WRITTEN RECIPE + INGREDIENTS🍴 Visit our blog for step-by-step instructions: https://madewithlau.com/recipes/honey-walnut-shrimp 🍜 JOIN THE CANTO COOKING CLUB 🍜 Develop the intuition and foundation to cook Cantonese food with exclusive classes from Daddy Lau! Take a free peek inside: https://bit.ly/mwlclub 🍳 COOKWARE WE USE/LOVE 🍳 - Chinese Cleaver: https://amzn.to/4eMSoL9 - Carbon Steel Wok: https://amzn.to/3BH16fq - Stainless Steel Spatula: https://amzn.to/4fomqVZ - Non-Stick Wok: https://amzn.to/47Q8fGk - Non-Stick Spatula: https://amzn.to/489rWsY - Gas Burner: https://amzn.to/3XYAQVI - Electric Burner: https://amzn.to/4eLoXZO - Steaming rack: https://amzn.to/4eKewpQ - Steaming rack with holes: https://amzn.to/408qPYu 🥢 KITCHEN ACCESSORIES WE USE/LOVE 🥢 - Infrared Laser Temperature Gun: https://amzn.to/3ZRioAK - Wireless Meat Thermometer: https://amzn.to/3BE6iRg - Food Scale: https://amzn.to/47QRIC6 👨‍🍳 DAD'S SPECIAL INGREDIENTS 👨‍🍳 - Light Soy Sauce: https://amzn.to/3NcsQva - Dark Soy Sauce: https://amzn.to/3Y6uyV8 - Chicken Bouillon: https://amzn.to/3ZQWn4V - Sesame Oil: https://amzn.to/3XJGef6 - Rice Cooking Wine: https://amzn.to/4gJG405 - Shaoxing Cooking Wine: https://amzn.to/3TWiBib - Premium Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/4drBPTS - Chili Oil: https://amzn.to/3Y7w1uo - Hoisin Sauce: https://amzn.to/3Y9mwuJ - Vegetarian Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/47RJ0U5 - Gluten-Free Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/3NdKPRK - Handcrafted Soy Sauce: https://bit.ly/handcrafted-soysauce 🎥 MY CAMERA GEAR! 🎥 - Workhorse Camera: https://amzn.to/3UaMdsd - Lens for Wide Shots: https://amzn.to/3YpCUHD - Lens for Detail Shots: https://amzn.to/4h781if - Macro Lens: https://amzn.to/3Y6ANXF These links are affiliate links, which means that if you use our links to purchase these ingredients, Amazon pays my family a small amount for the sale - at no extra cost to you. If you use these links, we really appreciate the support! ⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲ 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Origins of Honey Walnut Shrimp 02:20 - Prepare shrimp 03:18 - Prepare sauce 03:49 - Prepare batter 04:23 - No honey? Make sugar syrup! 05:12 - Heat oil 05:28 - How restaurants make candied walnuts 06:00 - Fry walnuts #1 06:34 - A quick primer on oil & smoke points 07:41 - Mix walnuts & honey, fry #2 08:23 - Watch this before frying shrimp! 08:58 - Mix shrimp & batter, test oil heat 09:46 - Fry shrimp #1 10:17 - Fry shrimp #2 10:36 - Plate & mix with sauce, walnuts 11:06 - Meal Time! 12:04 - First memory of this dish? 12:36 - How to pick shrimp? 12:49 - Substitutes for shrimp, walnuts, mayo 13:46 - Selecting honey, sugar syrup 14:56 - What’s the key to the perfect sauce? 15:16 - Was this popular in China? 15:58 - Symbolism of walnuts and shrimp? 16:42 - How to maintain crispiness? 17:33 - How to perfect frying shrimp? 18:03 - My parents talk about their wedding banquet! 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗 Our General Tso's Chicken recipe: http://youtu.be/AE_-ROS98PA On Wok Hei: http://youtu.be/gKw8jMn9Zmo Seafood Watch: https://www.seafoodwatch.org/recommendations/search?query=%3Afree%3Bshrimp%7Cspecies 🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵 Special thanks to Adam W, Jon & Cheryl, Felicia C for giving us insight on HK history! Intro Flute Music - Performed by Daddy Lau Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/49e6fa9c Overhead Camera Rig built by P.Oak - https://www.instagram.com/p.oak.co/ Chinese Subtitles by Wynee Pan - https://www.instagram.com/gotchacafenyc 💛 OUR FAMILY 💛 Learn more about the Lau family, and why we started this channel + blog: https://madewithlau.com/family 👋 CONNECT WITH US 👋 https://www.tiktok.com/@madewithlau https://www.instagram.com/madewithlau https://www.facebook.com/madewithlau https://www.pinterest.com/madewithlau 🙏 SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL 🙏 If you enjoy these videos and want to support us being able to continue creating content for many years to come, we’d love for you to consider becoming a patron of Made With Lau. https://www.patreon.com/madewithlau