Impress Your Guests with Homemade Sesame Shrimp Toasts

Shrimp toast or prawn toast is a Chinese dim sum dish. It is made from small triangles of bread, topped with egg shrimp and sprinkled sesame seeds… It’s delicious and a great appetizer to serve your dinner guests. Ingredients:

• 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and divided
• 2 green onions chopped
• 1 1/2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
• Coarse salt
• Large pinch of freshly ground pepper
• 2tbsp sesame oil
• Toasted sesame seed
• 2 large egg whites
• 30 thinly sliced 1-by-3-inch pieces white bread, crusts removed
• 1/2 cup fine fresh breadcrumbs
• Canola oil, for frying

Directions

1. Combine the shrimp, onion, sesame oil, ginger, salt  and pepper in a food processor until mixture is finely chopped.
2. Add the egg whites until combined.
3. Place the breadcrumbs in a small bowl.
4. Spread about 1/4 inch of shrimp mixture onto one side of each piece of bread, and coat with breadcrumbs then sprinkle bread with sesame seed and press them into spread; transfer to a baking sheet.
5. Heat oil.
6. Fry 2-3 min while turning occasionally until golden brown on both sides.
7. Working in batches, add bread pieces to hot oil.
8. Drain on paper towels.