How to cook frozen properly. Homemade semi-finished products: cook, freeze, reheat

29.11.2021

Boil frozen shrimp oddly enough, not everyone can do it at home. Shrimp is one of the most delicious and favorite beer snacks. In addition, with such seafood, you can easily get a very tasty and satisfying salad, but in order for it to bring the maximum amount of benefit, you need to know how to properly cook frozen shrimp bought in a store. The taste of your dish also depends on this, since Without cooking seafood a little, you risk ruining the impression of them, as well as getting an upset stomach.

Ever since the days of Ancient Rome, it was believed that shrimp are able to enhance male potency. Even nowadays most seafood is used as a powerful aphrodisiac... In addition, shrimp contains special substances called antioxidants. They help prevent the development of cancerous tumors, as well as prevent the spread of cancer cells.

Shrimp are recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding women, since during this period the female body may experience a deficiency of vitamins and trace elements, which can easily be supplemented by shrimp dishes.

As for contraindications, shrimp can only cause harm if the body does not tolerate or metabolize protein well... If you control the use of shrimp dishes and do not overeat, then they can only bring benefits.

Frozen shrimp

Before boiling frozen king or tiger prawns, first defrost them properly. This can be done in three ways: leave in the refrigerator until completely thawed; toss the shrimp package into warm salted water; dip the bag of seafood in boiling water for a few minutes... Using the latter method, you need to be extremely careful, and also not to allow the shrimp to be cooked.

After the seafood has been successfully defrosted, we can start cooking it. It should be noted that peeled and unpeeled shrimp are cooked in different ways... Therefore, you need to choose the one that suits your situation.

Purified

Cooking peeled shrimp is not difficult. To do this, you need to boil water in a saucepan, after it boils, add salt and dill there, mix well and wait for the salt to dissolve. Then you can add the previously thawed peeled shrimp and wait until the water boils again. Stir the contents of the pot regularly. You need to cook peeled shrimp about two minutes, then discard them in a colander, then transfer to a beautiful plate, pour with lemon juice and garnish with herbs. The shrimps are ready to eat, you can serve them to the table.

Unrefined in shell

Before boiling unpeeled shrimp at home, it is best to first clean the shell of the shrimp. Although, if you like it more, you can do it after boiling.

So, to peel the shrimp, you need to pinch the tail and head of the shrimp, then gently tear off the head and legs. After that, start slowly pulling up the shell, gradually getting rid of it. If you can see a vein all along the back and it is dark in color, it is best to remove it. After peeling, such shrimps are boiled as if peeled.

If you want to cook shrimp directly in the shell, then you can do it like this: boil the water, after boiling, add salt to it to taste, when it dissolves, add seafood there. Boil unpeeled shrimp for at least four minutes. Their readiness can be seen when they surface. Their meat will turn white. After that discard the shrimp in a colander and immediately immerse in cold water to make it easier to remove the shell later. In addition, it will help to abruptly stop the cooking process, which will continue until the shrimp has cooled down. Thanks to this approach, you can make the shrimp meat tender and tasty. Already peeled shrimps should be sprinkled with lemon juice, seasoned with mayonnaise or sauce, then garnished with herbs and served.

Against the background of the popularization of these pretty "underfishes", a mass of amateur chefs tried to repeat the masterpieces that were taken note of in the restaurant. Many faced the same problem: arthropods in the process of cooking acquired a disgusting appearance, not at all appetizing and not attractive.

So how to cook frozen shrimp (this type of product is more common in stores) correctly, easily and quickly?

Before you start cooking shrimp, one important point should be taken into account: shrimp in stores are fresh-frozen, and they are boiled-frozen. The former are not subjected to heat treatment, getting on store shelves, the latter undergo a short-term cooking procedure. You can tell them apart by their color. Unprocessed seafood has a grayish pink hue, sometimes even a grayish green. Processed shrimp are bright pink or red in color.

Another important indicator is in what form the shrimp are sold. Unpeeled arthropods (shell and head in place) cook a little longer than peeled ones.

Cooking technology and time

So how much time to cook frozen shrimp? If we discard the defrosting process, which takes several minutes (rinsing under a stream of warm water), then the frozen "babies" are boiled for 3 minutes, if they are cleaned, 5 minutes, if they have their "uniforms" with them.

The easiest cooking recipe

Take 3-3.5 liters of water and about 60-70 g of salt for 1 kg of product. Why so much? Because this seafood does not absorb salt well. Optionally - black peppercorns, bay leaves and other spices, the combination of which is closer to taste.

The boiling water should absorb the aroma of all the spices; this takes 2-3 minutes. Then the curls are dipped in water and boiled for 3-5 minutes (peeled and unpeeled).

Simmering recipe in sauce

The process is more correctly called extinguishing. It is better to cook peeled shrimp in this way, since their meat will be better saturated with the flavor of the sauce and will acquire a delicate consistency. The process looks like this:

take 20 ml of olive oil and pour into an empty saucepan;
add a small onion, cut in half (not rings!), to the butter;
chop a few cloves of garlic into 2 parts and put in a saucepan;
Add 0.5 kg of peeled frozen shrimp to the ingredients;
add 0.1 l of water;
cover the pan, bring to a boil;
remove from heat after 3-4 minutes.

The shrimp should be infused, cool. After that, they can be served at the table. Ideal in this way to cook shrimp for beer. Their taste is bright, full-bodied, slightly tart - it perfectly matches the notes of malt.

The best beer recipe

The delicious and quirky way of boiling seafood for consumption with beer includes several fancy ingredients: tomato paste and cloves. The process itself is not at all difficult:

Take a saucepan with a volume of 5-6 liters and pour about 2/3 of water into it. Boil.
Put 15 cloves, 8 peppercorns, half a lemon, cut into 3-4 parts, 6 bay leaves, a few peas of simple black pepper, a head of garlic (chop all the cloves into 4 parts), 8 tablespoons of tomato paste. Season all this with salt at the rate of 25 g per liter of water.
Boil. Send shrimps to a saucepan and cook them for 3-4 minutes (boiled-frozen). How many minutes to cook fresh frozen shrimp? Twice as long - 10-12 minutes.
Take out the seafood, place nicely on a large plate, and pour the sauce into small cups or pour into a large communal bowl. You can enjoy!

Using kitchen appliances for cooking

If you don't want to cook shrimp at home, following the above rules (in particular, defrost it), then you can use "lazy recipes" that involve the use of other kitchen equipment.

Method number 1. Double boiler

The main ingredients that can be used for steaming: Take 1 tsp for 0.8 kg of product. olive oil, 10-15 dill seeds and 1 large lemon.

Pour water into a double boiler until the middle of the volume, add seafood there, sprinkle with seeds, pour with juice, oil. How much should you steam shrimp? A little more than usual - 15 minutes!

Method number 2. Microwave

The principle of operation with this approach is very simple. First, the shrimp need to be quickly rinsed and squeezed. To comply with the technology, you will need a baking bag (or, as it is also called, a sleeve). The seafood is put in this sleeve without trying to stuff it all the way to the top. All this is laid out in the microwave and pierced several times with a fork, knife or toothpick. Only so that the package does not break.

At 80-90% capacity, seafood is cooked within 12 minutes. You can decorate and slightly diversify the taste of the resulting dish with the help of finely chopped dill and a small amount of lemon juice.

This method is best for those who don't feel like wasting time standing by the stove at all!

Method number 3. Multicooker

The method can be attributed to the category "at the peak of popularity", since multicooker today is spreading at an enviable speed through the kitchens of Russians. How to properly cook shrimp in a slow cooker is probably written in all the instructions for the devices. But the simplest and fastest way is as follows:

Prepare 0.6 kg shrimp, 1-2 tbsp. l. olive oil, a large and fragrant bunch of dill, lemon (lime is suitable for aesthetes).
Pour seafood into a slow cooker and add water as when boiling eggs - so that the "carcasses" are barely hidden.
Select the "quenching" mode and forget about the multicooker for 20 minutes.

So, with the question of how much to cook frozen shrimp in a slow cooker, a saucepan, a microwave oven and a double boiler, everything should be clear. But there is one more specific type of "shortcomings", which must be discussed separately.

King prawns and their difference

The main difference between this seafood is its size. They can be 3-4 times more, they can rightfully be called heroes among shrimps. Taste qualities of "royal" do not differ much from the aroma of simple "babies". You can cook them using the same recipes that work for common arthropods.

The fundamental difference is how much king prawns are cooked... For an ice cream product, this time is 10 minutes. In recipes, it is recommended to increase the cooking time by at least 2 times. After the "babies" have been cooked, they are cleaned of the distinctive black stripe located on the tail.

Do you want something interesting?

King prawns are great for when you want to serve a beautifully decorated dish without a side dish, in which the right sauce will become the main note.

Ideal for this seafood:

quick ketchup and mayonnaise sauce;
thick sour cream sauce, supplemented with finely chopped dill, celery, cilantro or parsley;
mayonnaise sauce with cheese and garlic;
olive oil, seasoned with a little salt, lemon juice, pepper - optional.

"Royal", like their younger "brothers", is a very nutritious and healthy product. They contain a large amount of iodine, which is good for the thyroid gland, and also a lot of protein. Eating shrimp at least once a week will help reduce your risk of iodine deficiency in your body. A plus to the beneficial properties can be called their low calorie content (if you do not overdo it with ketchup and mayonnaise).

Frequent cooking problems

Despite the obvious simplicity of cooking shrimp, gourmets often face problems that cannot be quickly found either in books or on the Web.

Do not pick up the taste of the marinade

After boiling, it happens that the product does not get the taste of what it was languishing in. The problem may lie in the quality and aggressiveness of the primary processing. But it is extremely difficult to completely find the reason for such a reluctance to marinate. There is only one advice here: put the shrimp in the marinade a minute before it boils. And you need to remove from the boiling marinade one by one or in small groups, but not through a colander.

Absorbs a lot of water

With this problem, the following "behavior" is observed: the bodies of arthropods float to the surface. The reason is too much residual water after defrosting.

Tip: remove the food from the freezer a day before cooking and transfer it to the common compartment of the refrigerator.

Swell, become watery

The reason is too long processing. Even impeccably following a shrimp recipe found in a book or on the Internet, you can face this problem. The reason for it is the power of the oven, double boiler or multicooker. It is recommended to shorten the cooking time in order to achieve an ideal result.

Fried sea curls

To make the dish beautiful and tasty, large or medium-sized individuals should be chosen from the total mass. Before starting to cook a frozen product, it must be allowed to "thaw" in natural conditions. The frying process itself is as follows:

pans with a thick bottom are suitable for "underfishes". If the already puny little bodies stick to the dishes, then little will remain of them. Attempts to rip the meat off the frying pan will spoil the appearance of the final dish;
olive oil is poured into the dishes;
shrimp can be pre-marinated in your favorite sauce, or you can add a little cayenne pepper, chopped garlic, dill and parsley to the oil. Important: it is recommended to put "babies" in already heated oil;
3-5 minutes is enough to fry frozen shrimp until tender. The meat becomes white. Overcooked "curls" look more like rubber than meat.

This recipe is suitable for seafood that has already been peeled.... You can cook arthropods in shells in almost the same way, increasing the processing time to 10-12 minutes. In this case, the presence of oil is not important, but the readiness of the product can be determined by the bright red shells.

An interesting fact: fried shrimp is eaten right with the shell, because it contains a rare and useful element - chitosan.

It has a beneficial effect on the body's ability to fight cysts and fibroids, and also prevents obesity. In order for the enzyme to start working, you will have to eat "babies" often and a lot.

What to serve a wonderful product with

Exotic "guests" look gorgeous on any table: on a holiday they will delight with their spectacularity, in a company with friends - by the speed of preparation, in the daily menu - by their bright taste. This seafood is best combined as an appetizer or main course with beer, red wine, and vegetables. Lettuce leaves and cherry tomatoes work well for flavor combinations.

Knowing how to cook frozen shrimp is a valuable life skill that comes in handy in situations where simplicity in treating you cannot afford, but there is no time for cooking, and too many guests are expected! Small "curls" will help to treat everyone to a delicious, beautiful and nutritious delicacy. And the abundance of sauces that can be prepared for this seafood will satisfy the taste of any gourmet.

Shrimp is a versatile product that is used in a variety of appetizers and salads. They became so popular that almost everyone tried to repeat the masterpieces they tried in restaurants. Often, this product hits store shelves almost cooked. A kind of semi-finished product. At factories and factories, they are doused with boiling water, which is what the fiercely pink color of the shrimp tells us.

Often they can be found in cafes, where they are served with lemon or soy sauce. At first glance, there is nothing complicated here, but if you overdo it with lemon or sauce, then you can easily spoil an excellent appetizer and enjoy lemon-flavored rubber pieces of meat. Therefore, watch and read how not to spoil such a snack, but to make it practically a masterpiece.

First, defrost the shrimp. Peeled shrimp are boiled in boiling water for three minutes, and shell shrimp for five.

We use 3 liters of water per 1 kg of shrimp and add salt. We recommend adding 60-70 grams of salt, as shrimps do not absorb it well. Then add seasonings to taste. 2 - 3 minutes and the boiling water becomes aromatic, then lower the shrimp and cook for 3 - 5 minutes.

Stewed shrimps in sauce

This cooking process can be called otherwise, stewing. It is preferable to use peeled shrimp, they will better absorb the aroma and taste of the sauce and become very tender.

Ingredients:

Cooking process:

Pour olive oil into a saucepan or pan.

Add the onion, cut into 2 parts.

Halve a couple of garlic cloves and place in the pan.

Add 500 grams of peeled shrimp there.

Pour in 100 ml of water.

Simmer for 3-4 minutes.

After cooling completely, the shrimps are ready to eat.

What is the difference between king prawns and ordinary

The main advantage of king prawns is their size. They are 3-4 times larger than usual.

The main difference between king prawns is the cooking time. For frozen shrimp, this is 10 minutes. In many recipes, it is advised to double the cooking time.

How to cook shrimp with lemon

Before you start cooking, you must first prepare the product for cooking.

First of all, I defrost the seafood. Then wash well in order to get rid of possible dirt. The bathing process is quite simple. First, I put them in a saucepan and fill them with hot water for half an hour. Then I put it in a colander and rinse it under running water.

For cooking, I take a spacious saucepan, so that they are not cramped there. The water should completely cover the shrimp. For 1 kg 3-3.5 liters of water.

Now when the shrimps are in water and a saucepan is on the fire, you can throw in the seasonings that are used for seafood. Then squeeze exactly half a medium lemon into three liters of water.

After the water begins to boil, remove the heat to a minimum and continue to cook for 3-4 minutes. The most important thing here is not to overexpose the shrimp in hot water. Before you start cooking, prepare the dishes where you will put the finished product. Otherwise, the meat will turn into rubber and will not taste good.

How to cook shrimp in wine

Before you start cooking shrimp, you need to defrost them. We put the shrimp in a saucepan or a cup and fill it with hot water for half an hour. Then rinse well and ATTENTION they need to dry a little.

I usually dry them out by simply spreading them out on a towel or napkin. So they lie for about five minutes. Then I cover the top with another towel and you're done.

The next step is to pour three liters of water and a glass of good red wine into a suitable container, maybe white, but it is important that it is not fortified.

Now I put a saucepan on the stove, throw in salt, pepper, spices and wait until all the slurry starts to boil, and only then I throw in the dried shrimp.

If desired, sometimes I add a couple of cloves of garlic. Pass them through a crusher.

I bring it to a boil and turn off the heat to a minimum. Cook in the same way for three four minutes, no more.

How to cook shrimp in the microwave

Progress does not stand still, and today almost every home has microwave ovens. And as you already understood, now there will be a recipe for cooking shrimp in the microwave.

It is even easier to cook shrimp in the microwave than in the usual way.

Defrost the shrimp before cooking. Then I spread it on a towel and dry it a little. So it is necessary that in the microwave they do not turn into a terrible muck that is not possible to eat.

In order to cook them in the microwave, you will need a baking sleeve. We spread the shrimp in two layers in it, it is important that there is still a little space in the sleeve. It is possible that not everyone will have to repeat the procedure several times, it all depends on the number of shrimp.

Now one more important point, you need to add a secret ingredient to the sleeve. This ingredient will be vegetable oil diluted with water to 10 parts of water and one part of oil. 10 to 1. I pour the oil and water into the sleeve and tie it up. I pierce with a toothpick from the top in several places and send the seafood to the oven.

I cook no more than 10 minutes at medium power. Then I decorate them with sprigs of greenery. And sometimes I add a teaspoon of vinegar. It spices up the shrimp.

Video recipe on how to peel shrimp

How to defrost shrimp quickly and correctly

Since shrimp are most often frozen in stores, they must first be defrosted before preparing a culinary masterpiece from them. There are several options for how this can be done quickly and correctly.

The best option for shrimp is a long and gentle defrosting. In the evening, put the bag in the refrigerator in the defrosting compartment and by the morning you can get the product ready for further cooking. This method, although long, is the most optimal for such tender meat.

If, for example, you bought shrimps in the morning, and by the evening you already need to serve them ready-made and there is simply no time to wait overnight for proper defrosting. Then you can use defrosting at room temperature. Put the bag in a bowl and place on the table after 3-4 hours they will completely defrost and are ready for further use. This method of defrosting can also be classified as gentle.

Well, if there is no time at all, and you need it right here and now, then for such cases there are two more defrosting methods.

In the first case, the shrimp can be dipped in a container with warm water right in a store bag and wait 30-40 minutes.

The second method is of course not very different from the first. We take the shrimp out of the bag and fill it with warm water. CAUTION not boiling water, not hot, but warm. Of course, I do not recommend defrosting with this method, since all useful properties can go away with water. But if there is no time to wait, then you can))).

Does not absorb the taste of the sauce.

Advice: put the shrimps in the sauce 1 minute before it boils, and you need to get them in small portions.

Absorbs a lot of water.

Advice: transfer the shrimp from the freezer to the refrigerator one day before use. And when defrosting, do not forget to put them in a colander so that the liquid does not absorb into the body, but flows out.

They swell, become watery. Cause: too long processing.

Advice: reduce cooking time.

Shrimp is a favorite delicacy not only for beer lovers, but also for those who are not indifferent to seafood delicacies. They are low-calorie, tasty, have a valuable composition and, when consumed, have a beneficial effect on human health. However, even the most useful product can be hazardous to health if it is not chosen correctly. Frozen peeled shrimps are no exception. How to cook and what delicacy to buy so as not to fall for the bait of dodgers will be described in this article.

Habitat

Everyone knows the sweet and salty taste of shrimp meat with a sea flavor. But where the product comes from in stores, few people know. In general, this order of crustaceans has a considerable range. The future seafood delicacy is caught from the North, Baltic, Black, Mediterranean, Irish seas, as well as on the Atlantic coast of Morocco and Scandinavia.

The color of these individuals varies with the type of environment, as a rule, they have a sandy bottom color that helps them camouflage. But the consumer sees red frozen peeled shrimp on the shelves. "How to cook such a product?" - the question immediately arises. But no one thinks about why an unnatural color seafood delicacy comes for sale. The fact is that the manufacturer simplifies the cooking procedure as much as possible and releases already boiled shrimp. So the question, frozen peeled, is wrong. They only need to be defrosted.

Big and small

Crustaceans, also called shrimps, are divided into two groups: warm-water and cold-water. Large individuals are hunted in a warm environment. Tiger and king prawns are prominent representatives. Arctic individuals that live in cold waters are smaller than their thermophilic counterparts. Although they do not differ in taste, the cost of royal and tiger delicacies is 2-3 times higher.

Large crustaceans reach a length of 30 cm, while the average size of cold-water ones is 4-5 cm.

The popularity of this delicacy is growing, so to meet the demand, some countries are beginning to artificially grow this product. Aquaculture from China is of the lowest quality. Chilean artificial delicacy is more palatable. But due to the fact that crustaceans move little in such conditions and do not receive the necessary substances, they are not as useful for humans as fish caught from the natural environment and frozen peeled shrimp. How to cook and what to cook from this delicacy are tasks that are solved by housewives after choosing the right product.

Excellent purchase

Shrimp in the store can be seen both packaged and by weight. It has always been more profitable to purchase a product in bulk, but no information about it is available to the buyer: how long it is already stored, what composition and where it was brought from. The difference in price is decent, a delicacy by weight is half the price of packaged shrimp.

For an ordinary buyer, the difference between the two types of goods sold will be negligible. The only aesthetic appearance of the dish will be better from the packaged product. The weighed delicacy is more suitable for cocktail dishes. But the peeled ones will be considered a little later, after studying the composition of the product.

What else can a semi-finished seafood treat contain in addition to the main ingredient? It turns out that unscrupulous manufacturers, in order to improve the taste, most likely, add flavor enhancers, dyes and other unhealthy ingredients to a stale or artificial product. It is important to know that a quality delicacy should consist of three ingredients: shrimp, salt and water.

Ice glaze

After returning home with the right product, the question arises: how to cook frozen, peeled shrimp? The thought immediately comes to long-term heat treatment due to the large amount of ice on them. In general, there is a norm according to which the amount of ice glaze in a product should not exceed 7% of its mass. Otherwise, the manufacturer violates the established standards.

You can experiment at home. Weigh one frozen shrimp and then take a control measurement after the ice is completely thawed. Packages that meet the 7% norm are very rare. Dry frozen shrimp are the most beneficial. In them, the declared weight without ice glaze corresponds to the real one.

Do I need to boil peeled frozen shrimp? The answer is no. And everything is understandable. After all, this product has already been boiled by the manufacturer to facilitate the cooking process.

What actions do frozen, peeled shrimp require. How do you cook them? This question disappears. It is enough to fill the seafood delicacy with water at room temperature and wait until it is completely thawed. Everything, the dish is ready. It remains to come up with a sauce for it. This is, of course, the easiest way to prepare shrimp. In fact, they are fried, baked, added to sauces, pasta, rice. Holiday snacks and cocktail salads are indispensable without this delicacy.

By the way, the quality of the shrimp can be diagnosed by the color of the water obtained as a result of thawing the seafood delicacy. If the water is colored, then this is a sign of a stale product that has been repeatedly frozen and thawed.

Basic rules for preparing frozen shrimp for further cooking:

No cooking.
Thawing of the product should take place slowly, then the taste of the delicacy will be close to natural sweetish-salty.
When using the microwave, it is important not to overexpose the frozen delicacy, otherwise the shrimp meat will be rubbery.
The shrimp should resemble a bagel in shape, if one straight tail remains from the individual, then it is better not to add it to the dish.
It is also not recommended to use invertebrates with black heads, without whiskers and eyes, artificial red color. These shrimp taste like medicine.

How to cook peeled shrimp frozen for salad?

After thawing the product, it is necessary to discard it in a colander to glass the remaining liquid. If the shrimp are small, that is, cold water, you should not additionally cut them for salad. To prepare a seafood delicacy dish, you will need cherry tomatoes (300 g), (30 g), black pepper, olive oil, salt, sugar, lemon juice (1 tablespoon) and peeled shrimps (200 g) This salad is convenient for its speed cooking. Cut the tomatoes in half, tear the basil and shrimp. In a separate bowl, mix olive oil, salt, sugar (0.5 tsp), lemon juice and black pepper. Mix everything and serve.

Fried invertebrates are another simple dish. A kilogram of thawed product must be marinated for 20 minutes with lemon juice and four cloves of garlic. Then send the present ingredients to a hot skillet with vegetable oil until completely cooked.

Output

You need to know that the question of how much to cook frozen, peeled shrimp is irrelevant. This product does not need additional heat treatment, it is already ready, and it should only be thawed.

Shrimp is a healthy seafood rich in protein, protein, calcium, zinc, and a large amount of iodine. The product will be useful at any age and for any gender: it is necessary for children for growth, strengthening of bones and mental development; for adults it is useful for immunity, women's and men's health, act as a mild aphrodisiac.

Find out below how to cook frozen shrimp so that they are tender, tasty, aromatic, and most importantly healthy.

Pour a pack of shrimp into a saucepan. It is important that there are no icy pieces on the carcasses. We rinse under cold water.

In a separate saucepan, boil 2 liters of water, salt and add spices. As soon as the water boils, pour in the seafood, mix and leave to boil under the lid. Then we cook for 1.5-2 minutes and drain the water.

The dish is ready. Can be served with a variety of sauces, or added to a salad.

How long does it take to cook?

The harm of uncooked shrimp is clear - raw seafood can, at best, simply cause an upset stomach, at worst - serious poisoning.

But it is also impossible to digest the product: in addition to the destruction of useful vitamins, the taste of the product deteriorates, the meat becomes tough and less saturated.

How much to cook shrimp:

The recommended cooking time for regular shrimp is 2 minutes after boiling.
Tiger boils for 7 minutes.
Royal will need 10 minutes after the water starts to boil.

Approximate proportions

Properly cooked seafood has a rich taste and mouth-watering aroma. The smell and color are significantly influenced by the amount of salt and spices with which the product is cooked. You can, of course, boil it without additives, but the taste will turn out to be rather bland.

Seafood does not absorb salt well, so you need to add more salt. To enrich the taste, they use bay leaves, different varieties of peppercorns, fresh herbs, etc.

Based on 2 liters of water, food is taken in the following quantities:

400 gr frozen shrimp;
50 grams of salt for peeled seafood and 90 grams for unpeeled;
100 grams of fresh parsley or dill;
2 bay leaves;
15 peas of black pepper;
5 peas of allspice.

Of the above additives to seafood, salt is required, and the rest of the products can be added as desired and in various combinations.

How to cook king prawns deliciously?

King prawns are delicious when cooked in garlic soy sauce:

10 shrimp, previously peeled from the shell and entrails;
2 tsp soy sauce;
1 tbsp salt;
2 dry coriander roots;
1 tsp oyster sauce (optional);
1 tbsp. l. crushed garlic;
1 tbsp. l. chopped green onion feathers;
¼ h. L. ground black pepper;
1 tsp garlic sauce.

How to cook shrimp correctly and tasty: first, we prepare the shrimp meat - we clean it from the shell and intestines in advance, but leave the head. We cut it lengthwise so that the body opens like a fan. We put water and salt to boil, and when it boils, put the main ingredient in it. The water will stop boiling, you need to wait for a new boil and detect 10 minutes.

While the seafood is boiling, prepare the sauce. This is very easy to do: grind the coriander root with a coffee grinder or in another convenient way; mix the garlic mass with coriander, pepper and pre-prepared sauces.

By the end of the sauce, the seafood will be ready. We put them on a dish, put a little ready-made sauce on top of each carcass. Sprinkle the chopped onion feathers for decoration. Delicious king prawns are ready!

The classic way to boil unpeeled shrimp for salad

Since in this variant, shrimps will act as one of the ingredients for a complex dish, they do not need a lot of spices. As part of the salad, seafood meat will be saturated with the taste of other products, and will make it more piquant.

Therefore, for boiling, it will be enough to use the following list of ingredients:

450 grams of small unpeeled shrimp;
1.5 liters of water;
1 tbsp salt;
1 bay leaf.

Dissolve the salt in water and put it on fire. Rinse the shrimp in a colander under running water. When the brine boils, put the lavrushka and boil for 3-4 minutes, so that the brine takes on a spicy aroma. Then add seafood and cook for 2-3 minutes. We take out with a slotted spoon and leave to cool for 10 minutes. During this time, excess liquid flows from them after cooking, it must be drained. Peel off the shell and add to the salad. Several carcasses can be left to decorate the dish.

In a spicy brine

This option will help you quickly prepare a delicious appetizer that can be served immediately. Suitable as an independent dish with alcoholic beverages or for decorating tartlets.

300 grams of peeled medium shrimp;
1 liter of water;
150 grams of dill;
1 bay leaf;
1 tbsp. l. salt;
4 allspice.

Rinse the shrimps in plain water. Add salt, pepper and lavrushka to the cooking water, set to boil. While the brine is preparing, rinse the greens, blot them with a towel and cut them as finely as possible.

By this time, the brine should already boil. Add shrimp and greens to it at the same time, mix, wait for a boil and stop for 5 minutes. After that, we take out with a slotted spoon on a dish along with herbs. Dill gives an interesting aroma to seafood, and for serving it looks like the decoration of a ready-made dish.

We cook boiled-frozen unpeeled shrimp in beer brine

An unusual way of cooking seafood - with the addition of beer:

frozen unpeeled shrimp - 750 gr;
water - 3 l;
lavrushka - 2 pcs;
allspice - 2 pcs;
black pepper - 4 pcs;
salt - 2 tbsp. l;
beer - 300ml.

Prepare shrimp as follows: boil water, add salt and spices, boil for another 2-3 minutes so that the brine is saturated with the taste of spices. Then put the seafood and wait until it boils. As soon as it starts to boil, watch the time and cook, depending on the type of shrimp. After collecting with a slotted spoon, leave to cool for 15 minutes and clean from the shell, heads and entrails. Serve with sauces.

The appetizer goes well with creamy, garlic, tomato, sour cream and cheese sauces.

On a note. To make the shrimp easy to peel, immediately after cooking they need to be doused with ice water. Then the shell will be very easy to separate from the meat.

How and how much to steam in a multicooker?

Steamed shrimp retain their juiciness and vitamins better:

500 gr peeled shrimp
1.5 tbsp salt
2 tsp ground pepper.

Defrost the seafood and rinse thoroughly from the sand through a colander. Allow excess liquid to drain. Place the main ingredient in a multicooker bowl, add salt and pepper and stir. Close the lid and turn the appliance on the “Baking” mode for a third of an hour.

Important! You do not need to add water to prepare the dish.

Shrimps prepared in this way are well suited for further use in salads and appetizers. If you plan to serve the shrimp as a snack, drizzle with lemon juice and sprinkle with fresh chopped dill.