How to cook or fry shrimp deliciously

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To prevent the dish from turning out rubbery, use these tips. Several factors affect the cooking time of seafood:

• size of shrimp;
• type of packaging (boiled-frozen, fresh or fresh-frozen);
• peeled and unpeeled.

Most often, you can find boiled-frozen unpeeled shrimp on store shelves. The cooking time for such seafood in boiling water is:

• small size: 1-1.5 minutes;
• medium size: 2-3 minutes;
• large size: 4-5 minutes.

How to cook shrimp

Put a saucepan of water on the fire. The water should be poured twice as much as the shrimp.

Add salt – 1-1.5 tablespoons per liter of water.

You can add spices: bay leaf, allspice and a few slices of lemon.

When the water boils, put the shrimp in the saucepan and cover with a lid. Cooking time depends on the size of the seafood.

If you bought fresh shrimp, small ones should be in boiling water for 5 minutes, large ones for 7-8 minutes.

Pour the cooked seafood into a colander.

How to fry shrimp

Shrimp can be cooked in a saucepan or wok. Pour in a spoonful of vegetable oil and add water so that it covers the bottom by 1-2 centimeters. Heat the pan and add the shrimp. Wait 15 minutes, stirring constantly, and the dish is ready.

Shrimp cooked according to this recipe turns out juicier.