Andrew McConnell's prawn toast
Prep
30m
Cook
15m
makes
16 toasts
These are anything but your average Chinese takeaway prawn toasts.
Ingredients (10)
- 2/3 cup (100g) white sesame seeds
- 8 slices white bread, crusts removed, halved diagonally
- Sunflower oil, to deep-fry
Prawn topping
- 400g green prawn meat
- 1/4 cup (35g) cornflour
- 1/2 tsp caster sugar
- Pinch of ground white pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, finely grated
- 2 tsp finely grated ginger
- 1 eggwhite
Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.
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1.For the prawn topping, combine prawn and cornflour in a bowl, then transfer to a sieve and run under cold water for 5-10 seconds. Drain and thoroughly pat dry with paper towel. Finely chop prawn, then use the side of a knife to crush to a coarse paste. Transfer prawn to a bowl with 1 1/2 tsp salt flakes.
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2.Using clean hands, knead until well combined. Add remaining ingredients and stir until well combined.
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3.Place sesame seeds in a shallow dish. Spread 3 tsp prawn mixture over a bread triangle. Dip bread, prawn-side down, into sesame seeds and place on a tray. Repeat with remaining bread, prawn mixture and sesame seeds.
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4.Half-fill a deep-fryer, wok or large saucepan with sunflower oil and heat to 180°C (a cube of bread will turn golden in 90 seconds when oil is hot enough). In batches, deep-fry toasts, prawn-side down, for 1 minute, then turn and cook for a further 30-60 seconds or until golden.
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5.Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel. Serve immediately.
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