Hong Kong Style Shrimp Toast

Name: Hong Kong Style Shrimp Toast
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ pound peeled and deveined shrimp; 1 egg white; 1 tsp soy sauce; 1 tsp fish sauce; 2 tsp sesame oil; 1 clove garlic, grated on a microplane grater; 4 scallions, finely sliced; ¼ cup loosely packed cilantro leaves; 2 tsp cornstarch; 1 tsp sugar; ½ tsp white pepper (optional); 8 slices sandwich bread, crusts removed; ½ cup sesame seeds (optional); 2 quarts peanut, vegetable, or canola oil; Kosher salt; Kewpie mayo (optional)

4 steps

Chef Greg Wong is a Chef de Partie at Estela (1 Michelin star) in NYC. Previously was a chef at Atoboy (Bib Gourmand), and Director of Operations at Mission Chinese Food.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:08:55 GMT

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Ingredients

0 servings

0.5 poundpeeled and deveined shrimp

1egg white

1 tspsoy sauce

1 tspfish sauce

2 tspsesame oil

1 clovegarlic

grated on a microplane grater

4scallions

finely sliced

¼ cupcilantro leaves

loosely packed

2 tspcornstarch

1 tspsugar

½ tspwhite pepper

optional

8slices sandwich bread

crusts removed

½ cupsesame seeds

optional

2 quartspeanut oil

Instructions

Step 1

Reserve ¼ of the shrimp and set aside. Rough chop until small dice size.

Step 2

Combine shrimp, egg, soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, scallions, cornstarch, cilantro, sesame oil, and garlic in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until extremely finely minced. Fold in the hand chopped shrimp to the mix.

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Step 3

Spread mixture evenly over one side of each piece of bread. Dip shrimp side into sesame seeds to coat, if desired.

Step 4

Heat oil in a small pot or dutch oven to 325 Fahrenheit (use a thermometer). Carefully transfer ¼ of the toasts to the oil, shrimp side-down. Cook until golden brown, about 1-2 minutes, adjusting flame as necessary to maintain heat, then carefully flip toast and cook until the second side is golden brown, about 1 minute longer. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate and repeat with remaining toasts. Season with salt and serve immediately with a side of kewpie mayo.