Chinese Prawns On Toast

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 500 g king prawns
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons cornflour
• salt
• pepper
• 4 slices bread (thick slices)
• 1 hard egg yolk
• 1 slice ham
• 1 shallot
• oil (for deep frying)

Recipe

• 1 shell the prawns; leave the tail intact (devein if you wish to).
• 2 cut down the middle of the tail (about half way through) and flatten. the idea is so they can sit flat but not too high on the bread).
• 3 combine lightly beaten egg with cornflour, salt and pepper.
• 4 coat the prawns with this egg/cornflour combination.
• 5 remove crusts from bread.
• 6 cut slices in half.
• 7 put one prawn on each piece of the bread making sure the prawn is pretty flat.
• 8 gently rub left over egg/cornflour mix over prawn with fingers.
• 9 dice the ham, shallot and boiled yolk.
• 10 place one piece of diced ham, shallot and yolk in a line down the middle of the prawn.
• 11 deep fry the prawns in oil for about 2 minutes or until they are nice and golden.
• 12 drain well.
• 13 enjoy.