Prawns Toasts With Sesame Seeds and Spring onions

Ingredients for Prawns Toasts With Sesame Seeds and Spring onions

• 275g prawns, peeled, deveined

• 2 tablespoons hot chilli paste (such as sambal oelek)

• 2 teaspoons finely grated lemongrass

• 2 teaspoons fish sauce (such as nam pla or nuoc nam)

• 1 teaspoon finely grated peeled ginger

• Kosher salt

• 2 spring onions, green and white parts separated, thinly sliced crosswise

• 35g white sesame seeds

• 4 slices white bread, 1/4 inch thick, crusts removed

• Vegetable oil (for frying

• about 240ml )

Pulse prawns, chilli paste, lemongrass, fish sauce, and ginger in a food processor until smooth. Season with salt and pulse again to combine. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl; stir in spring onion whites.

Place sesame seeds on a plate. Spread prawns mixture over bread slices, extending all the way to edges. Press bread, prawns side down, into sesame seeds to coat evenly.

Pour oil into a large skillet to come 1/4" up sides and heat over medium-high until a small pinch of prawns mixture sizzles when added to oil. Working in 2 batches, fry toasts, prawns side down, until golden and crisp, about 2 minutes; turn and cook until other sides are golden and crisp, about 1 minute. Transfer to a paper towel–lined wire rack to drain.

Cut each toast diagonally into quarters and top with spring onion greens.

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