Inspired by Fun-staurant's @fuxtom & @leeyuri007, I decided to get my hands dirty and make us some manbosha (or 面包虾).

Smashing and mincing prawns is rather therapeutic. The minced prawns is then mixed with minced pork, diced shitake mushrooms and green chilli to make it more flavourful and give it a mild spicy kick. An egg yolk is finally added to bind the mixture together.

The prawn filling is squeezed into a ball and placed between two quarters of sliced bread. It is then deep fried golden brown.

I love that the prawn-based filling is sweet, juicy and tender. There is a nice contrast in texture with the crispy airy bread.

We enjoyed this immensely. Its such a simple recipe and yet so tasty!