Name: Shrimp Brochettes (Bánh Mì Tom Chiên)
Yield: Serves 8 as an Appetizer
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1 egg plus 1 egg yolk; ¼ cup finely grated mild white cheese (any kind; optional); ⅓ cup plus 1 tablespoon oil; ½ teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 scallion, finely chopped; ½ tablespoon rice flour; ½ pound fresh shrimp or prawns, peeled and deveined; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 baguette; ¼ onion, roughly chopped; 3 clove garlic, minced; 3 tablespoons fish sauce; 2 shallots

Preparation info

Serves
8
as an Appetizer

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Little Saigon Cookbook

By Ann Le

Published 2011

About

Lightly fried, the combination of shrimp with the fresh ingredients turns out a nice, full-flavored teaser before your real meal begins. Fresh shrimp is naturally sweet; when it is blended with fragrant onions, garlic, and shallots, it becomes a complex dish that’s made even richer when deep-fried. Shrimp brochettes are not as popular as they should be, but I’m seeing more of them in the restaurants in Little Saigon. For a bit of an Americanized twist, these brochettes are now being made wi