A delicious deep fried Chinese takeaway classic, Sesame prawn toast is great to prepare ahead and store in the freezer. It fries from frozen in under 5 minutes, so you’ll never have to wait long!
Crispy and crunchy sesame prawn toast is a delicious deep fried Chinese takeaway treat. It’s also easy to make at home, and can be prepared ahead of time and set aside in the freezer until needed. It’s delicious with sweet and sour sauce, sweet chilli sauce or satay sauce.
Ingredients For Sesame Prawn Toast
This recipe is designed to be prepare in advance so it’s important to use fresh, not frozen king prawns. Flavour and seasoning is added to the prawns in the form of salt, MSG, oyster sauce and garlic and the mix is blended before being spread generously on to bread slices.
- Prawns: Fresh, not frozen raw king prawns.
- Flavour: Sea Salt, MSG, Sugar, Black Pepper, White Pepper, Chinese 5-spice, oyster sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, chopped garlic in oil, rice wine.
- Other Ingredients: Egg, Water, Potato Starch, Toastie Loaf Bread, Sesame Seeds, Oil for Deep Frying.
How To Make Sesame Prawn Toast
The prawn toast mix is prepared simply by blending the ingredients together. Then, the mix is spread generously on to bread slices. After being pressed into a bed of sesame seeds, each slice is cut into quarters and frozen in a single layer. Once frozen, the slices can be combined in one large food bag and set aside in the freezer for up to 3 months. Preparation done, the prawn toasts are ready to deep fry from frozen as needed.
Step 1: Make The Prawn Mix
In a blender, add the raw king prawns, egg, sea salt, MSG, sugar, white pepper, black pepper, Chinese 5-spice, oyster sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, garlic in oil, rice wine, water and potato starch. Blend to a smooth paste.
Step 2: Add The Prawn Mix To The Bread
Using a flat spatula, spread about 2 tablespoons of the prepared prawn mix onto a bread slice, spreading it all the way to the edges of the bread. Pour the sesame seeds onto a large plate and press the bread, prawn side down, firmly into the sesame seeds to coat. Finally, flip the prepared sesame prawn toast slice over, cut into 4 triangles and arrange on a sheet of baking paper.
Step 3: Freeze The Prawn Toasts
Repeat the process until all of the mix is used up, layering the prawn toast slices between sheets of baking paper. Open-freeze for 6 hours or overnight, then transfer the frozen prawn toast slices to a large freezer-safe food bag.
Step 4: Fry The Prawn Toasts
To fry the sesame prawn toast pieces from frozen: Heat oil for deep frying to 165C/330F. Carefully drop the prawn toast pieces into the hot oil with the prawn and sesame side facing down and fry for 2 1/2 minutes. Next, carefully flip the prawn toasts with tongs and fry for another 2 minutes until the toast is golden and crispy. Then, remove from the oil, drain off any excess oil and arrange on a serving plate. Serve with sweet and sour sauce or sweet chilli sauce.
I hope you’ll try this Chinese takeaway style sesame prawn toast recipe. If you do, let me know in the comments how it went!
- 320 grams fresh (not frozen) raw king prawns
- 1 egg
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon MSG
- 1/4 teaspoon caster sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon Chinese 5-spice
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
- Dash fish sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic in oil
- 1 tablespoon rice wine
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon potato starch
- 2 400g 'toastie' style white bread loaves (or any other thick white bread)
- 250 grams white sesame seeds
- Oil for deep frying
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In a blender, add the raw king prawns, egg, sea salt, MSG, sugar, white pepper, black pepper, Chinese 5-spice, oyster sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, garlic in oil, rice wine, water and potato starch. Blend to a smooth paste.
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Using a flat spatula, spread about 2 tablespoons of the prepared prawn mi onto a bread slice, spreading it all the way to the edges of the bread. Pour the sesame seeds onto a large plate and press the bread, prawn side down, firmly into the sesame seeds to coat. Flip the prepared prawn toast slice over, cut into 4 triangles and arrange on a sheet of baking paper.
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Repeat the process with the remaining prawn mix until all of the mix is used up, layering the prawn toast slices between sheets of baking paper. Open-freeze for 6 hours or overnight, then transfer the frozen prawn toast slices to a large freezer-safe food bag.
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To fry the prawn toast pieces from frozen: Heat oil for deep frying to 165C/330F. Carefully drop the prawn toast pieces into the hot oil with the prawn and sesame side facing down and fry for 2 1/2 minutes. Carefully flip the prawn toasts with tongs and fry for another 2 minutes or until the toast is golden and crispy. Remove from the oil, drain off any excess oil and arrange on a serving plate. Serve with sweet and sour sauce or sweet chilli sauce.
Do you like this Chinese takeaway style sesame prawn toast recipe? If so, buying a copy of my book might appeal to you! In The Chinese Takeaway Secret you can find a host of restaurant and takeaway style recipes that you can make at home. You’ll learn how to make BBQ spare ribs, salt and chilli chicken, szechuan king prawns, chow mein and more! You can buy The Chinese Takeaway Secret in paperback or kindle form here.
- McGovern, Kenny (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 240 Pages – 06/09/2022 (Publication Date) – Robinson (Publisher)
