Shrimp Toast (thing)

Crunchy. Tastes good. Give it a try, it is easy to make. It tastes like those bags of shrimp chips you can buy in supermarkets, but this is much better than that artificial junk food.

Ingredients

• 9 slices of extra-thin white bread
• Water
• 1 pound fresh shrimp, shelled, deveined, and chopped
• 4 water chestnuts, chopped fine
• 1/2 medium onion, chopped fine
• 1 scallion, chopped fine
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sherry
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• Pepper
• 2 to 4 cups oil for deep frying

1. Trim crusts from bread. Cut each slice into 4 squares (36 squares).
2. Soak 4 of the squares in water 1 second. Squeeze out liquid. Set all aside.
3. In a bowl combine shrimp, water chestnuts, onions, scallion, salt, sherry, cornstarch, egg, pepper, and soaked bread squares. Mix well.
4. Place 1 teaspoon of shrimp mixture on each of remaining bread squares, slightly mounded.
5. Heat oil to 375 degrees in wok. Slide bread pieces into oil, a few at a time, with shrimp side down.
6. Deep-fry about 1 minute. Turn and fry other side until golden brown.
7. Drain on paper towels.
8. Serve hot.