Sesame prawn toast

Name: Sesame prawn toast
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 200 g Prawns, raw, peeled; 1 Eggs, white only; 10 g Cornflour; 2 Spring onions, finely chopped; 5 g Fresh ginger, grated; 5 ml Soy sauce; 3 ml Sesame oil; 1 g Salt; 0.3 Bread, 4 slices of white bread, a day or two old; 40 g Sesame seeds; 150 ml Vegetable oil, for shallow frying

The Chinese takeaway classic made at home: a savoury prawn paste spread on bread, pressed into sesame seeds and fried until crisp. Perfect with spring rolls and sweet chilli sauce.

Ingredients

200 g Prawns, raw, peeled
1 Eggs, white only
10 g Cornflour
2 Spring onions, finely chopped
5 g Fresh ginger, grated
5 ml Soy sauce
3 ml Sesame oil
1 g Salt
0.3 Bread, 4 slices of white bread, a day or two old
40 g Sesame seeds
150 ml Vegetable oil, for shallow frying

Method

Pat the prawns dry, then blitz in a small food processor (or chop very finely) with the egg white, cornflour, half the spring onions, the ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil and salt until you have a thick, sticky paste.
Cut the crusts off the bread and spread the prawn paste thickly and right to the edges. Tip the sesame seeds onto a plate and press each slice, paste side down, into them.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Fry the toasts sesame side down until golden, then flip and fry the bread side. Do them in batches so the pan does not get crowded.
Drain on kitchen paper, cut each slice into four triangles and scatter with the rest of the spring onions.