Shrimp with sesame seeds on toast (chao tom voi me)

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 tablespoons White sesame seeds
½ tablespoon Dried shrimp -- optional
1 cup Peeled shrimp -- finely
Chopped
2 Cloves garlic -- crushed and
Chopped
½ teaspoon Grated fresh ginger root
1 small Onion -- grated
1 small Egg -- beaten
Salt and black pepper
Cornstarch -- for dusting
1 Thin
OR
8 slices Bread -- crusts cut off
Vegetable oil -- for deep
Frying
French baguette

Directions

1. Toast the sesame seeds in a dry pan until they begin to brown, shaking frequently to prevent them from burning. 2. If using dried shrimp, soak in warm water until soft. Drain thoroughly and squeeze out excess water. Chop them finely. Combine the dried and fresh shrimp, garlic, ginger, grated onion, egg, salt, and black pepper, and knead together with your hands. The mixture should be stiff but not too stiff to spread. If it is too runny, dust with the cornstarch. 3. Cut the French bread into ½ inch slices or cut the slices of bread into triangles or shape using pastry cutters. Press the sesame seeds firmly into the shrimp mixture, using the back of a wooden spoon so that the shrimp mixture is also pressed fir Recipe Source: VIETNAMESE COOKING - EXOTIC DELIGHTS FROM INDO-CHINA by Paulette Do Van. Published by Chartwell Books, Inc. Copyright (c) 1993. Recipe formatted by Olivia Liebermann RDSE68B on May, 1995.

Recipe By : "Vietnamese Cooking" by Paulette Do Van, Chartwell Books

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