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Ingredients

• 220 g raw prawns, peeled and deveined
• 1 clove Garlic
• 1 tsp Ginger, finely grated
• 1 egg white
• 1 tsp Cornflour (cornstarch)
• 1 tsp light soy sauce
• ½ tsp Sugar
• ¼ tsp Salt
• 1 pinch White pepper
• 1 tsp Toasted sesame oil
• 2 Spring onion, very finely chopped
• 4 slices slices of white bread, crusts removed
• 80 g Sesame seeds
• 250 ml neutral oil, for shallow frying

Method

1. Blitz the prawns, garlic, ginger, egg white, cornflour, soy sauce, sugar, salt, pepper and sesame oil in a food processor to a coarse, sticky paste. Stir in the spring onion.
2. Spread the paste thickly and evenly over the bread right to the edges. Press the paste side firmly into the sesame seeds so they stick.
3. Cut each slice into four triangles.
4. Heat 1 cm of oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Fry the toasts sesame side down for 2–3 min, until golden, then flip and fry for 1–2 min more, until the bread is crisp and the prawn paste is cooked through.
5. Drain on kitchen paper and serve hot with sweet chilli sauce or soy sauce for dipping.

Tips

• Contains shellfish, egg, wheat and sesame.
• Slightly stale bread soaks up less oil and gives a crunchier toast.

Sources

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