All Recipes Best Recipe Seafood Shellfish Shrimp

Ingredients

½ pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 slice fresh ginger root, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped ½ cup water chestnuts, drained and chopped 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 tablespoons dry sherry 1 egg white 1 teaspoon baking soda 3 slices white bread, crusts trimmed 3 tablespoons sesame seeds 3 cups oil for deep frying

Nutrition Info

317.3 calories carbohydrate: 15.6 g cholesterol: 86.3 mg fat: 21.5 g fiber: 1.8 g protein: 15.3 g saturatedFat: 2.9 g servingSize: - sodium: 1169 mg sugar: 1.4 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

In a medium skillet, heat the 3 cups of oil to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
In a food processor, combine the shrimp, ginger, garlic and water chestnuts, grind to a paste. Add salt, pepper, sherry, egg white and baking soda. Process until smooth.
Cut each slice of trimmed bread into quarters, forming 4 triangles each. Divide the shrimp mixture over each piece of bread, sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Deep fry shrimp toast until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

4 servings

This was given to me by a co-worker several years ago and it is delicious. It is a little time consuming, but worth it.