Appetizer

Avocado Toast with Sesame Shrimp

Avocado toast with fresh shrimp on crusty ciabatta bread. This is a great appetizer or summer style lunch. Perfect with a chilled glass of Chardonnay.

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Avocado Toast with Sesame Shrimp
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This post combines two of my favorite things to eat. Avocado toast and shrimp. Served on thick crusty bread this is an easy appetizer that will be gone almost as soon as you serve it!

Avocado Toast with Sesame Shrimp

Usually shrimp toast is stuck on some bread and fried. It tastes freaking amazing but probably has a gazillion calories. Trader Joe's has a baked version in the frozen section as an appetizer, and my kids can eat the whole box in 10 seconds, literally. Such talent. But no frying for these, it's all about that summer grill time. If there's one thing in life I urge you to do, it would be to grill your bread. I'm not talking toast, I'm shouting from the rooftops about crusty bread brushed with olive oil and grilled over a high heat. Once it's a golden brown and charred around the edges, rub it with a raw garlic clove. Minds will be blown!

Avocado Toast with Sesame Shrimp

I hadn't planned to grill my avocados but after the bread, it seemed like a pretty genius idea. Same rules apply, just brush them with olive oil and let the flames do their job. All sorts of lovely things happen when you burn stuff a little. Add some sesame oil and soy sauce to the finely chopped shrimp along with red chili and green onion and you made it! This is the way to do avocado toast my friends.

Avocado Toast with Sesame Shrimp

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Recipe

Avocado toast with fresh shrimp on crusty ciabatta bread. This is a great appetizer or summer style lunch. Perfect with a chilled glass of Chardonnay.

Course:
Appetizer
COOKing TIME:
10 minutes
Total TIME:
30 minutes
CUISINE:
American
PREP TIME:
20 minutes
SERVINGS:
6

Ingredients

  • 1 crusty ciabatta loaf
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic peeled
  • 3/4 pound uncooked shrimp shelled and deveined
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • Salt and black pepper
  • 1/2 tablespoon diced shallots
  • 1 teaspoon finely chopped red chili
  • 1/4 cup chopped green onion
  • 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
  • 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2 large ripe avocados
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds

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Instructions

  1. 1 crusty ciabatta loaf
  2. 2 tablespoons olive oil
  3. 1 clove garlic peeled
  4. 3/4 pound uncooked shrimp shelled and deveined
  5. 2 tablespoons butter
  6. Salt and black pepper
  7. 1/2 tablespoon diced shallots
  8. 1 teaspoon finely chopped red chili
  9. 1/4 cup chopped green onion
  10. 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
  11. 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
  12. 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
  13. 2 large ripe avocados
  14. 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  15. 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds

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