Name: Brioche Shrimp Toast with Five-Spice Sweet and Sour Dip / Ginger Marmalade
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ¼ tsp (1 mL) five-spice powder; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) minced ginger; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) Worcestershire sauce; ¼ tsp (1 mL) sugar; 1 cup (250 mL) vegetable oil; ½ tsp (2.5 mL) soy sauce; 1 egg white; ½ lb (250 g) shrimp, peeled and deveined (see Fish Tip); 1 tsp (5 mL) sesame oil; Pinch of salt; 2 Tbsp (30 mL) vegetable oil; 4 slices brioche loaf; ½ tsp (2.5 mL) cornstarch; 2 tsp (10 mL) chopped ginger; ½ cup (125 mL) toasted black and white sesame seeds; 2 Tbsp (30 mL) plum sauce; ¼ tsp (1 mL) salt; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) sliced green onion

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy

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Fish for You

By Spencer Watts

Published 2022

About

As kids, we would go for dim sum on special occasions at the Regalia Restaurant with my dad during his lunch break. One of my favourite dishes was shrimp toast. It was a simple shrimp paste with luxurious sesame oil slathered on toast, dipped in sesame seeds and shallow-fried until crispy. It was crazy delicious. This is my version of shrimp toast. Like most things in life, the complicated is not always that complicated.

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