Sesame Prawn Toasts

Name: Sesame Prawn Toasts
Ingredients: 300 g raw king prawns; 25 g fresh ginger, peeled and chopped; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 4 spring onions, trimmed and roughly chopped; 1 tbsp cornflour; 1 tsp rice vinegar; 1 egg white; 4 large slices of soft white bread; 1 whole egg, beaten; 50 g sesame seeds; salt; vegetable oil, for frying; 4 tbsp light soy sauce; 1–2 tsp crispy chilli oil; 1 tbsp sesame oil; 15 g toasted sesame seeds; juice of 1 lime

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Seasonal Snacks

By Gabriella English

Published 2026

About

A takeaway classic for very good reason. I use a lot of ginger in the aromatic prawn paste, which gives it a spicy freshness, the perfect foil for the deliciously oily toast. Don’t worry about using any fancy bread here – regular soft white bread is exactly what you need.

Ingredients

for the prawn toasts:

300 g raw king prawns
25 g fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
2

Snack
Fish course
Pescatarian
October

Method

To make the prawn toasts, put the prawns, ginger, garlic, spring onions, cornflour, sesame oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar, egg white and a pinch of salt in your food processor. Pulse this mixture several times, scraping down the sides if needed, until you have a spreadable but not completely smooth mixture. Spread a thick layer on each slice of bread. Brush with the beaten egg, then scatter the s