This is pretty much a question of aesthetics. You can see the vein through the shell and meat, so use your own judgment. Deveining Shrimp: Shrimp cook well in or out of their shells, but they are easier to devein before cooking. Run the deveiner or the tip of a small knife down the back of the shrimp.
This will allow you to remove the vein as it can be pulled out easily. You may remove the shell at this time or boil with shell on and remove after cooking.
If frying, shell should be removed first. Shrimp can be cooking in a variety of way. They can be boiled, steamed, grilled, sauteed, baked, or deep-fried. They can also be cooked with or without the shell, with the vein or deveined. Shrimp should always be cooked quickly in order to preserve their sweet, delicate flavors. They are very quick to cook, and the flavor can easily be ruined by overcooking. Most shrimp cook in as little as 3 minutes — when they curl and turn pink, they are done.
Boiling Method: This is probably the most common method of cooking shrimp, particularly the smaller types. To properly boil shrimp:. Grilling Method: Grilling is a popular method for cooking larger shrimp. Smaller shrimp may also be grilled, but it is usually best to put them on skewers first. Once the grill is hot place the larger shrimp or skewered smaller shrimp on the prepared grill, leaving room between each shrimp or skewer.
Brush the prawns with a little olive oil and then sprinkle them with salt, pepper, and garlic. Remove from the heat and serve. Brining is very easy and economical, and requires no special cookware. Brining is like a marinade as it keeps food moist and tender. Brining or salting is a way of increasing the moisture holding capacity of shrimp resulting in a moister product when it is cooked.
Brining turns potentially mushy shrimp into shrimp with a chewy texture similar to lobster tail. Brining can be used with either peeled and deveined raw shrimp or shell on raw shrimp. Do not brine raw shrimp if they are to be used for poaching and other wet cooking techniques.
Kosher salt and table salt without iodine are the most common salts used in brining. Sea salt can be used, but it tends to be quite expensive. I usually use kosher salt. A cup of table salt and a cup of kosher salt are not equal. Table salt weighs approximately 10 ounces per cup and kosher salt weighs approximately 5 to 8 ounces per cup depending on the brand.
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Weekly Newsletter. Maybe I might end up liking shrimp. My husband refuses to eat shrimp because of the vein. I love shrimp, but will not devein. Grosses me out! I do love to eat them though, and on the grill is the very best way. Also, that polka dot knife is so cute I bet it makes deveining shrimp easier. I do about the same as you, but I use a small sharp-pointed scissors.
Works pretty good with less chance of me getting cut. Thank you for this! I remove both the one on top and the one on the underside just because it creeps me out. Thank you for teaching me something new! Oh my word, I hate deveining shrimp. It totally takes the flavor out of the meal for me. I kind of felt like maybe Jim Gaffigan was right about shellfish.
Love your simple recipe. The red pepper flakes add just a little kick that compliments the honey and lime perfectly. I have been de-veining shrimp for many years and it has always been a pain. In recent years frozen shrimp have come tails on, heads off, and de-veined. Now a new question has popped up. There is a vein on the bottom side of the shrimp! It is easy to remove, by why TWO veins? Just remember the top side is poop!
The bottom underside is the vein. For heaven sakes please remove the poop! Using a toothpick is even quicker to devein shrimps. You can do this even with the shells on. Virgin deveiner if you will. This info has been very useful and funny.
Yes, the knife is cute as can be. The comments are great too. The toothpick and scissor ideas or intriguing.
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