Mini Prawn Paste Toasts

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Serves: 3

 

Cooking time: 30 mins

 

Ingredients

 

• Sunshine 100% Whole Grains Ultra Fine bread, 3 slices
• Shrimp, 120g, deshelled
• Corn starch, ½ tbsp
• Egg white, 1
• Corn kernels, 40g, cooked
• Lemon juice, ½ tbsp
• Green onion, 1 tbsp, finely chopped
• Garlic, 1 medium sized clove, finely minced
• Sesame oil, ½ tsp
• White pepper, ½ tsp
• Sesame seeds, 1 tbsp
• Canola oil, ½ tbsp

 

Method

 

• Chop and mash the shrimp until it reaches a sticky paste-like consistency.
• In a bowl, mix the paste with corn starch, egg white, corn, lemon juice, green onion, garlic, sesame oil and white pepper.
• Divide the mixture into three equal portions.
• Spread each portion evenly on a slice of Sunshine 100% Whole Grains Ultra Fine bread.
• Sprinkle the sesame seeds on top of the shrimp paste. Press down lightly on the sesame seeds to ensure they adhere to the shrimp paste.
• Heat oil in a pan on low-medium heat. Test its readiness by tossing a sesame seed in. The sesame seed will spin when the oil is ready.
• Place the toast shrimp paste side down onto the pan.
• When the shrimp paste turns golden brown, flip the toast.
• Remove from the pan when both sides are golden brown.
• Serve as mini squares or triangles.

 

Nutrients Per Serving

 

• Energy: 151.8kcal
• Protein: 10.4g
• Total Fat (Saturated Fat): 3.8g (0.7g)
• Cholesterol: 39.3mg
• Carbohydrate: 19.3g
• Dietary Fibre: 2.6g
• Sodium: 158mg

 

 

Source: Singapore Heart Foundation. Reproduced with permission.

 

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