Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, shrimp toast. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Shrimp Toast is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Shrimp Toast is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
Shrimp toast or prawn toast is a Chinese dim sum dish. It is made from small triangles of bread, brushed with egg and coated with minced shrimp and water chestnuts, then cooked by baking or deep frying. It is a common appetizer in Australian and American Chinese cuisine.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have shrimp toast using 26 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Shrimp Toast:
- Get 250 g Shrimps Deveined Shelled,
- Get 1 TSP Baking Soda,
- Take 1 Cup Ice Cubes,
- Prepare 2 TBSP Egg White,
- Prepare 1 TBSP Tapioca Starch,
- Make ready Pinch Sea Salt,
- Take Pinch White Pepper,
- Make ready 2 TBSP Homemade Thai Chili Paste,
- Prepare 1 TSP Sesame Oil,
- Make ready 1 Handful Scallions White Parts Only Finely Chopped,
- Get Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil, For Frying
- Take 2 White Soft Japanese Bread,
- Get 3 TBSP White Sesame Seeds,
- Get 1 TBSP Black Sesame Seeds,
- Make ready 1 Handful Scallions Green Parts Only Finely Chopped,
- Make ready Thai Chili Paste:
- Prepare 5 Cloves Garlic,
- Get 2 Shallots,
- Make ready 5 Dried Red Chilies Deseeded,
- Prepare 2 TBSP Dried Shrimps,
- Prepare 1.5 TBSP Tamarind Juice,
- Take Pinch Sea Salt,
- Prepare 1.5 TBSP Palm Sugar,
- Take 1/2 TBSP Fish Sauce,
- Get 1/8 TSP Shrimp Pasta,
- Make ready 1/8 Cup Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil,
Chinese shrimp toast is one of my favorite appetizers. Commonly served in dim sum restaurants, they are crispy, delicious, with white toast filled with shrimp and fried to golden perfection. Shrimp toast is all about crispy, golden brown, slices of fried bread with a vaguely shrimpy but very allium-heavy coating. Each bite of toast is the perfect combination of salty and sweet.
Steps to make Shrimp Toast:
- You can use store-bought Thai chili paste or you can make your own.
Prepare the Thai chili paste.
Preheat oven to 200 degree celsius or 400 fahrenheit.
Wrap garlic and shallot in a aluminium foil.
Wack into the oven and roast for about 30 mins or until the garlic and shallots are soft.
- Toast dried chilies in a skillet over medium heat.
Toast until aromatic and the chilies are lightly charred.
Blitz the toasted chili under powder forms in a spice grinder.
- Blitz up the dried shrimps into fine pieces in the spice grinder as well.
Transfer the roasted garlic, shallots, toasted chilies and shrimps into a blender.
Add in the rest of the ingredients.
Blitz until smooth paste form.
- Transfer into the same skillet over medium heat.
You can add 1/4 cup of water into the blender to blitz up all the leftover nooks and crannies. Transfer the water mixture into the skillet.
Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated and it turns a darker shade of red.
Remove from heat and transfer into a sterilized jar.
It can be kept in the fridge for up to 30 days.
- Transfer the shrimps into a large bowl.
Coat the shrimps well with baking soda.
Add just enuff cold water to submerge the shrimps.
- Add in the ice cubes.
Set aside for at least 30 mins.
Drain and rinse the shrimps thoroughly under running water.
- Pat the shrimps dry with kitchen paper.
Place shrimps into a small bowl along with egg white and tapioca starch.
Mix and coat the shrimps well with the marinade.
Cover with cling film and marinade in fridge overnight.
- Next day, transfer shrimps onto a chopping board.
Chop the shrimps coarsely into fine pieces.
Transfer the chopped shrimps back into the bowl with any leftover marinade.
Add in salt, pepper, chili paste, sesame oil and scallions.
- Mix to combine well.
Add canola oil into a dutch oven, about 2 inches in depth, over medium heat.
*To check if the temperature of the oil is ready, place a wooden chopstick into the oil.
If bubbles start to form, the temperature is ready for frying.*
- Spread the shrimp mixture onto the bread
Cut into 4 squares.
Mix white and black sesame seeds together in a shallow bowl.
Dunk the toast into the sesame seeds mixture, shrimp side down.
- Carefully drop the toasts into the oil.
Deep fried until golden brown on both sides.s.
Remove from heat and drain off excess oil on a wire cooling rack or on a plate lined with kitchen paper.
Garnish with some more scallions.
Serve immediately.
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