DESCRIPTION
Are you in love with making Shrimp Toast but don’t love fried food? Make it in the air fryer for a faster, cleaner and healthier way to get one of your favorite dim sum cart delicacies.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 lb. shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 2 scallions, sliced thinly on the diagonal
- 2 tsp. corn starch
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 tsp. soy sauce
- 1 tsp. ginger, peeled and grated
- 4 sandwich bread slices, crusts removed and cut into 16 triangles
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
- Scallions, chopped, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine the shrimp, egg, cilantro, scallions, cornstarch, garlic, soy sauce, and ginger in the bowl of a food processor.
- Pulse the mixture until a smooth paste is formed. If there are some lumps it’s OK.
- Place the sesame seeds on a small plate.
- Spread the shrimp mixture of each of the bread triangles.
- Dip half of the bread triangles, shrimp side down in the sesame seeds and coat evenly.
- Preheat your air fryer to 370°F for 3 minutes
- Lay the bread in the bottom of the tray, shrimp side up. You may need to do this in batches, depending on the size of your air fryer.
- Set the time for 6-8 minutes, checking halfway through the cooking process to make sure it isn’t burning.
- Once golden and crispy on top, remove the toast, slice diagonally to form triangles and serve while hot with a sprinkling of green onion.