Boiled shrimp is a simple and quick home-cooked dish that has won the favor of many food lovers with its delicious taste and rich nutritional value.
Boiled shrimp is nutritious and delicious. It is rich in high-quality protein and is a low-fat, low-cholesterol health food. In addition, prawns are also rich in vitamin B12, vitamin D, vitamin E, and minerals such as zinc, magnesium, and phosphorus.
Compared to other cooking methods, boiling prawns can better retain the original flavor of prawns, which is perfect for people who pursue a healthy diet. It is also suitable for children and teenagers who are growing their bodies.
However, there are many tricks to cook a dish of boiled shrimp with good color and flavor, such as boiling water or cold water when boiling shrimp? Do you know why some people make prawns with hard and woody meat and a strong fishy smell? In fact, they don't pay attention to the small details when cooking.
Next, I will share with you the secret of boiled shrimp that is tender and delicious, not fishy and not firewood, it is full of dry goods, and it is recommended that friends collect it first.
First of all, when we buy prawns, it will generally be divided into two kinds, one is fresh live shrimp, this kind of shrimp is still alive after buying home, we can put it in the refrigerator to freeze it, after freezing, the prawns will be in a dormant state, such shrimp will not jump around, we are better to deal with.
There is also a type of prawns that have been chilled or frozen, and we have to carefully select such prawns when we buy them.
- We have to choose whether the shrimp is fresh or not, see if there is a gap between the skin and the meat, if there is a gap, it proves that the shrimp may have been frozen for a long time.
- Smell the smell to see if there is any fishy smell or odor, and if you notice an odor, never buy it.
- Looking at the state of the shrimp, if the body of the shrimp is slightly curved, it proves that the shrimp was frozen when it was still alive, and if the shrimp's body is particularly stiff, it proves that he is frozen by the dead shrimp.
- It is to look at the case of the shrimp, whether there is a lot of ice, if there is too much ice, it is recommended that you do not buy this kind of shrimp after thawing can be left 2/3 is very good, very loss, especially pit.
After the fresh live shrimp are bought, we put it in the refrigerator and freeze it for 30 minutes, after freezing, the shrimp will feel very cold, we gently break it between the shrimp head and the shrimp body, and squeeze the shrimp head after breaking, you can squeeze out the blue-green hepatopancreatic yellow shrimp stomach, and the shrimp stomach will be connected with the shrimp line. The shrimp line is the intestine of the shrimp, and there will be a lot of undigested food and sediment left in it, which can not only reduce the fishy smell, but also taste better.
If it is a frozen prawn, its internal organs and shrimp line generally have no elasticity, so it is particularly easy to break when pulling, and the frozen prawns we had better go through the open back treatment, after the open back can remove the shrimp intestines more cleanly, and eat more at ease, rest assured.
If you want to boil the shrimp directly, then the method is even simpler, put the prawns in the refrigerator and freeze them for an hour, so that the prawns are frozen until the body is slightly hard, and when there is ice ballast on the surface, directly separate the shrimp head and the shrimp body, the shrimp head will be pulled out together with the shrimp line, and then we put the prawns in our hands, like squeezing toothpaste, squeeze the shrimp meat from the bottom to the top, and gently pinch off the shrimp shell and shrimp meat at the shrimp tail with the nails, so that squeezing up, you can squeeze the complete prawns out of the shrimp shell, it only takes two or three seconds to broadcast the complete shrimp, which is simple, convenient and particularly fast, and it is also to remove the shrimp line。
After processing the shrimp line, we can use small scissors to cut off the shrimp gun to avoid pricking the hands during the cooking process, put the shrimp in a basin, add two spoons of salt, and then add two spoons of baking soda, grab and wash it with your hands, there will be some viscous liquid on the surface of the shrimp, so that you can clean it up more cleanly, and then rinse it with flowing water after washing, and then we can prepare the ingredients, prepare some ginger slices, a little green onion, and a few peppercorns. Prepare a little more liquor.
When everything is ready, it's time to cook. When many friends make boiled shrimp, they boil a pot of boiling water directly, and pour the prawns into it after the water boils, but the taste of the shrimp meat will be relatively light, and there will be a fishy smell, and the shrimp meat quality is also easier to age.
When cooking prawns, the reason why the above situation occurs is mainly because when the water is boiling, the prawns are put in it, at this time, the meat on the surface of the prawns will quickly reach a ripe state, but the meat inside is not yet fully cooked. After the inner shrimp meat is fully cooked, the meat on the outside of the prawns has become old, and there will be many impurities and moisture in the prawns. If you put it directly into boiling water, the shell and flesh on the surface of the prawns will only ripen quickly, and the water inside will not be able to drain smoothly, which will cause the prawns to retain some fishy smell.
The correct cooking method is to cook shrimp in a pot under cold water, because the temperature of shrimp and water will gradually rise together, so that all the dirt in the shrimp and the residual fishy water can be boiled, which is the same principle as we usually blanch pork, beef, mutton, chicken, etc.
First, spread the ginger slices and green onions in the pot, sprinkle a few peppercorns, and then add an appropriate amount of water that can cover the green onion and ginger, the amount of water is not too much, about 250 ml. Next, add 1 gram of baking soda to the water, add a capful of liquor, and spread the prawns flat on the bottom of the pan, trying not to overlap. Cover and cook over high heat.
We don't put salt here, many friends will put some salt when cooking to make the shrimp taste at the bottom, but the shrimp meat is mainly protein, and the protein will quickly solidify and harden after encountering salt, which is also a reason why many friends make boiled prawns, the meat is hard and hard, don't put salt when boiling prawns.
The green onions, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns and white wine in the pot have an excellent deodorizing and flavoring effect, and the addition of 1 gram of baking soda will make the meat of the shrimp extra crispy and tender. Since there is less water in the pot, only the prawns at the bottom of the pot can be touched, so the heating speed is very fast, and the ripening process of the prawns can be said to be half-steamed and half-cooked.
Start the timer from the time the water boils, about 5 minutes. Of course, the size of the shrimp will also affect the cooking time, so we also need to look at another factor, which is how curly the prawns are. Prawns are usually slightly curved when they are raw, and when they are ripe, they first turn red and then bend their bodies. When it bends into a C-shape, it indicates that the prawns are just ripe, and if the head-tail junction has formed an O-shape, it means that the prawns are already cooked.
Once the prawns are cooked, arrange them neatly on a plate. Then add chili powder, Sichuan pepper powder, white sesame seeds to a small bowl, pour fragrant with hot oil to bring out the flavor of spices, and then add shallots, coriander, minced garlic, light soy sauce, rice vinegar and other ingredients to prepare a small ingredient. After peeling the shell, the shrimp is directly dipped in small ingredients and eaten, the taste is fresh and fragrant, and there is no fishy smell. The next time you're making boiled shrimp at home, try this method to make the shrimp delicious and ageless.
Well, that's all for today's preparation method of boiled shrimp with you. If you like it, you can collect it and try it. If you like my articles, don't forget to like, bookmark and follow. Thank you for reading, and we'll see you next time.
Tips for peeling shrimp:
Boiled prawns, many people will peel the shrimp shell directly when peeling the shell in order to peel out the complete shrimp meat, in fact, there is no such trouble, peeling shrimp also has a small skill, we first split the shrimp head and shrimp body, and then count the shrimp shell on the shrimp body, the shrimp shell is a section, we use our hands between the 2nd and 3rd sections of the shrimp shell, the upper shell is pulled up, and the lower shell is pulled down, so that a complete prawn can be peeled out in one second.