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| Course | Entree |
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| Region or state | Chinese-speaking regions |
| Associated cuisine | Hong Kong cuisine, American Chinese cuisine |
| Main ingredients | Shrimp, walnuts |
| Ingredients generally used | Mayonnaise, condensed milk, honey |
| Honey walnut shrimp | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蜜汁核桃蝦 | ||||||
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Honey walnut shrimp is a Western-inspired Cantonese dish of lightly battered shrimp with nuts in a mayonnaise-based sauce endemic to Chinese banquet meals. [1] [2] The dish may have originated in Hong Kong before spreading to the United States. [3]