Every woman seeks to please her loved onesdelicious gourmet dishes. For many families, seafood is a festive meal, so housewives often face the problem: how much shrimp should you cook?
If your man has no opportunity to catchshrimp, then just purchase them in the store. Available in any form of shrimp: frozen, chilled, boiled, ready to eat and canned. Fresh frozen seafood retains its most beneficial nutrients.
If you don't know how much to cook shrimp,then navigate the shell of the product. As experienced fishermen say, the shrimp should be a delicate pink color, which indicates its readiness.
How to cook unpeeled prawns
Put the pot on the fire and boil water.The water should completely cover the shrimp and they should swim in it (the approximate ratio is 1: 2). Add salt to taste, dill, bay leaf, cloves and pepper-peas. You can also add cloves and a slice of lemon. Frozen shrimps should be washed under running water, preferably warm, so that they thaw out and you can remove the ice.
Pour the shrimp and notice the time.From the moment boiling water with seafood to their readiness should take 8-10 minutes. Depending on the size, the time can fluctuate a little, plus or minus a couple of minutes. The meat should be soft, tender and melt in the mouth. Overcooked shrimps will taste like rubber - weights. The meat of this seafood is pure protein, so it boils fast enough, like egg white.
How to cook raw shrimp
Answering this question, it is worth noting that there is noparticular difference between the time of preparation of unpeeled and peeled shrimp. Boil water, add spices, salt to taste and add raw shrimps. Within 10 minutes you can enjoy the finished seafood.
How much to cook pink shrimp
Manufacturers have tried to facilitate the work of housewives andoffer to buy ready-made, boiled and frozen seafood. According to their taste, such shrimps are slightly inferior to fresh-frozen ones, since, boiled for the second time, they lose some useful vitamins.
Washed pink shrimps pour into boiling salted water with spices. Small shrimps cook 1–2 minutes, large - 2–3 minutes. Throw them in a colander and allow time to drain the remaining water.
You can fill shrimp for servingdiluted lemon juice (1/2 lemon) and 25 g of vegetable or olive oil. Mix gently - and can serve on a platter to the table. You can also make all kinds of salads, appetizers, seasonings.
Now you know how much you need to boil shrimp, and you will be able to gladden your family with delicious seafood dishes.
