Chinese Prawn Toast Recipe

Chinese prawn toast, or Chinese shrimp toast, is very popular and makes a tasty hot starter. You don't have to serve Chinese food as the main course since this starter recipe goes nicely with a Thai main course, Indian main course or anything else you like.

Prawn Toast Starter

Ingredients -

8 slices white bread, no crusts
Water
½ onion, diced
2 or 3 water chestnuts, diced
1 spring onion, finely chopped
340 g small fresh prawns, shelled, deveined and chopped
Salt and white pepper
Few drops sesame oil
1 tablespoon corn flour
1 lightly beaten egg
500 ml to 1 litre oil for deep frying

Preparation:

Cut each slice of bread into 4 squares so you have 32 squares total. Combine the onion, diced water chestnuts and prawns and mince until fine. Add the corn flour, spring onion, pepper, egg and sesame oil and mix well. Place a heaped teaspoon of this mixture on each bread square. Heat a wok and add the oil. Heat the oil to 190 degrees C and slide the bread squares carefully into the wok, a few at a time, prawn side down. Deep fry until golden (a couple of minutes) then turn and deep fry the other side. Drain on paper towels and serve hot.

Makes 32