Prawn Toasts
Created by ImPat on December 31, 2016
- Servings: 20-24
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 15m
- Recipe #25388
Ingredients
- 6 slices (6 ounces) sliced white bread (stale)
- 250 grams shrimp meat (green prawn flesh)
- 1/4 cup water chestnuts (finely chopped)
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
- 2 spring onion, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon egg white
- 2 teaspoon cornflour
- Sesame seeds, for garnish
- Vegetable oil for deep-frying
How to Make
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Step 1: Using a scone cutter, stamp out round from the bread or do as we did and cut them into squares.
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Step 2: For the filling chop the prawn flesh very finely or process it to a rough paste.
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Step 3: Combine with the water chestnuts, garlic, ginger, onion, soy sauce, egg white and cornflour and then spread this mixture generously over one side of the bread discs/squares, making sure you to right to the edges.
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Step 4: Lightly press the flesh side into the sesame seeds to give an even coverage.
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Step 5: Heat a small quantity of oil in the wok until it is just starting to smoke.
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Step 6: Slip in the toasts fill side down and when that side is golden, turn them over and cook until the bread is golden.
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Step 7: Drain them well and serve.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (38.4 g)
- Calories 73.7
- Total Fat - 0.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.1 g
- Cholesterol - 15.7 mg
- Sodium - 154 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.6 g
- Sugars - 0.5 g
- Protein - 4.2 g
- Calcium - 34.8 mg
- Iron - 0.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg