Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

4 tb White sesame seeds
1/2 tb Dried shrimp -- optional
1 c Peeled shrimp -- finely
Chopped
2 Cloves garlic -- crushed and
Chopped
1/2 ts Grated fresh ginger root
1 sm Onion -- grated
1 sm Egg -- beaten
Salt and black pepper
Cornstarch -- for dusting
1 Thin
OR
8 sl Bread -- crusts cut off
Vegetable oil -- for deep
Frying
French baguette

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 1/2 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
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