Honey Walnut Prawns

My siblings and me love this dish. We call it mayonnaise shrimp. Every time our family goes out for dinner, we would always order this dish. It’s sweet and creamy. Next time when you visit any asian restaurant, order it and try it out. Or you can make it at home if you like.

Ingredients

1 lb of large medium or large shrimp (peeled)

½ cup of walnuts

½ cup of sugar

½ cup of cornstarch

3 eggs (only need the whites)

2 tablespoon of honey

3 tablespoon of mayonnaise

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

1 tablespoon of condensed milk

oil for deep frying

Boil walnuts in water. Keep changing water until its clear.

Add in sugar.

Deep fry walnuts in 1 cup oil until they’re brown. Then set aside.

Mix cornstarch and egg whites together to form a thick, sticky texture and mix well with shrimp.

In a separate bowl, mix honey, mayonnaise, lemon juice and condensed milk.

Deep fry shrimp again until golden brown, drain it out and throw in the honey, mayonnaise, lemon juice and condensed milk mixture.

Mix well, sprinkle with walnuts and enjoy!

Turkey chow mein

With Thanksgiving over, if you still have some of that turkey left why not use it to substitute chicken or beef for chow mein. Turkey is already full of flavor when it was made for Thanksgiving so it cuts down the extra steps needed to marinade it.

Ingredients

1 cup of bean sprouts

1 red bell pepper (chopped)

1/2 onion (peeled and chopped)

1 clove garlic (peeled and chopped)

1 stalk of celery (cut)

1/2 cup of chicken broth

1 tablespoon of oyster sauce

4 tablespoon of vegetable oil

3 cups of leftover cooked turkey

2 cups of packaged chow mein noodles you can find at any asian grocery store or the international isle.

Heat up a wok or pan and add the vegetable oil for stir frying. Stir fry the bell pepper, onion, garlic and celery. Add the turkey and bean sprouts after. Use more oil if needed. Chicken broth and then oyster sauce. Stir it around some more to let it fully cook then add the noodles. Mix everything well and serve. Now you have turkey chow mein!

Grass Jelly drink

Grass jelly is a jello-like dessert found in Southeast Asia. It is made by boiling the aged and slightly oxidized stalks and leaves of Mesona chinensis, an herb related to mint and then cooled to a jello-like consistency. It has a really dark blackish color and if eaten alone, is slightly bitter. In China, people usually eat grass jelly with fruits, or sugar, or made into a drink. When I don't have soy milk in the house, I'll just chop up the grass jelly, put it into a bowl and drizzle with simple syrup or honey. But my favorite way of using grass jelly is in a drink so give it a try and let me know what you think!

Ingredients
1/3 cup of grass jelly (found in any asian grocery store) chopped into little cubes
Sweetened soy milk
ice (optional)

Mix all ingredients together and enjoy!

Sweet Tofu

A dessert you can try out at home. Its basically tofu pudding and you can either sweeten with honey or with sweeten ginger like some restaurants do.

Ingredients
-Unsweeten tofu you can find at any asian grocery store
-honey


Directions
Scoop tofu into a bowl and drizzle honey on top.

You may enjoy this hot or cold.