How to cook royal shrimp frozen in shell

4 servings
15 min

To cook royal shrimp frozen in a shell, you will need: royal shrimp, water, salt, bay leaf, peppercorns, parsley, lemon.

Shrimp do not need to be pre-thawed (!). 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.

Squeeze the juice out of the lemon.

Boil the water in a saucepan. The ratio of water to shrimp should be at least 2: 1. Add lemon juice, peppers, bay leaves, parsley to boiling water. Spices will give shrimp a pleasant spicy taste. Pour salt into the water, mix. Let it simmer for 2 minutes. It may seem that the amount of salt is high. But do not be afraid, the shrimp will not be salted, as they are cooked in a shell.

Put the royal shrimp in the spiced water.

Wait for the boil. Cook the shrimp with an average simmer of no more than 5 minutes. I have shrimp boiled-ice cream, that is, they have already been boiled before freezing. If freshly frozen shrimp is used, that is, unprocessed, then for them the cooking time will increase to 7 minutes. Such shrimp are fresh in a greyish-green color. It is important not to digest the prawns so that they retain their softness. But you can't undercut either.

In ready-made shrimp, the shell becomes slightly transparent and the color is brighter. Remove the ready-made shrimp with a spoon on a dish, let cool. Serve as a snack, drizzled with lemon juice and olive oil or with any sauce suitable for shrimp. Shrimps peeled from their shell work well with pasta or rice. You can also use them to make salads. Enjoy your meal!