Prawn Toast

Name: Prawn Toast
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: katsuobushi flakes; vegetable oil to deep fry; 50 g Kewpie Mayo; 4 spring onions, sliced; 100 g sesame seeds; 50 g Bulldog tonkatsu sauce; 1 recipe Prawn Paste; 10 g sesame oil; 4 slices Pain de Mie

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Catalogued Ideas and Random Thoughts

By Stuart Ralston

Published 2023

About

Traditionally a Cantonese dim sum snack created in Hong Kong, the Noto version of this takeaway classic has a thick, distinguishable layer of moussey prawn paste, so you can really see it. I love prawn toast, and it’s very simple to prepare.

Ingredients

4 slices Pain de Mie
10 g sesame oil
1

Asia
Hong Kong (China)
Edinburgh
Fish course
Snack
Pescatarian

Method

Brush the bread slices on one side with sesame oil, then spread a thick layer of the prawn paste on top and coat generously in sesame seeds.

Deep fry at 180°C for 4 minutes until golden brown on all sides — the internal temperature should be above 65°C. Cut each slice into four.

Top with tonkatsu sauce and pipe over some zigzags of kewpie mayo. Finish with a few sliced spring on