Composition / ingredients
Step-by-step cooking
Step 1:
To cook king prawns frozen in a shell, you will need: king prawns, water, salt, bay leaf, pepper, parsley, lemon.
Step 2:
Shrimps do not need to be thawed beforehand (!). Place them in a colander or sieve, rinse well under a stream of warm water to remove ice plaque, broken particles and debris from shrimp carcasses. Let the water drain.
Step 3:
Squeeze the juice out of the lemon.
Step 4:
Boil water in a saucepan. The ratio of water and shrimp should be at least 2:1. Add lemon juice, peppercorns, bay leaf, parsley to boiling water. Spices will give the shrimp a pleasant spicy taste. Pour salt into the water, mix. Let it boil for 2 minutes. It may seem that the amount of salt is large. But do not be afraid, the shrimp will not be over-salted, as they are cooked in a shell.
Step 5:
Put the king prawns in the water with spices.
Step 6:
Wait for boiling. Cook the shrimp at an average boil for no more than 5 minutes. My shrimp are boiled and frozen, that is, they have already been boiled before freezing. If freshly frozen shrimps are used, that is, unprocessed, then the cooking time for them will increase to 7 minutes. Such fresh shrimp have a grayish-green color. It is important not to overcook the shrimp so that they retain their softness. But you can't undercook either.
Step 7:
The shell of the finished shrimp becomes slightly transparent and the color is brighter. Remove the finished shrimp with a slotted spoon on a dish, let cool. Serve as an appetizer, sprinkled with lemon juice and olive oil or with any sauce suitable for shrimp. Shrimps peeled from the shell go well with pasta or rice. You can also use them to make salads. Bon appetit!
Shrimps are a source of high-grade easily digestible protein, macro- and microelements.
In order to get a healthy and delicious product when cooking, you need to choose high-quality shrimp when buying. You need to pay attention to the appearance of seafood. Shrimps should have a uniform color, a crocheted tail. There should be a thin layer of ice on the shell. If the shrimp carcass is not bent, it means that it has been lying for a long time before freezing.
It is preferable to use unpeeled shrimp for cooking. Cooked in a shell, they will be juicier and more tender than cooked without it.
Soy-honey or cream sauce is suitable for serving shrimp. Shrimps are in perfect harmony with fresh vegetables, giving salads sophistication and increasing usefulness. Such salads are well supplemented with dressing, including lemon juice and olive oil.
We especially like shrimp with pasta with cream cheese sauce. I like this dish for its delicate creamy taste.
For men's company, you can serve shrimp with beer, preferably light.
This snack will look good on the festive table.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Lemon - 16 kcal/100g
- Lemon zest - 47 kcal/100g
- Bay leaf - 313 kcal/100g
- Parsley greens - 45 kcal/100g
- Black pepper peas - 255 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- King Prawns - 87 kcal/100g
