How to Cook Frozen Raw Shrimp

Want to cook some delicious shrimp for your friends and family tonight? If you want to do it right, you've come to the right place. I'll show you how to take frozen, raw shrimp and cook it in a way that is still tender and full of flavor.

Enjoy.

Instructions

1. 

   Thaw and clean your shrimp! Leave the frozen shrimp in the refrigerator to thaw the shrimp over the course of the night in a bowl covered with plastic wrap. If you are in a hurry and need them to thaw quicker, feel free to just run them under cold water until they start to feel pliable.

   When you are finished thawing the shrimp, be sure to rinse them all thoroughly under clean, cold water.

2. 

   Peel and devein the shrimp!

   To peel the shrimp, hold it in your hand with the legs facing up to the ceiling. One at a time, begin breaking the legs off in a pinching and pulling motion.

   Once all the legs are removed, place your thumbs on either side of the shell and peel the shell apart toward the top side. The shell should be removed with little resistance, if you do it correctly. If you want to remove the tail, feel free to do that now as well.

   Now, one likes a long line of poop down the middle of their shrimp, so we're going to want to remove that. Though it is not a health risk, it can ruin the appetites of many and so you may wish to remove it. Lucky for us, deveining the shrimp is a piece of cake. Just take a sharp knife and run it down the brown vein on the back from one end to the other and allow it to simply fall off when you rinse it under cold water after wards.

3. 

   Poach the shrimp! For this how-to article, we will be using the option of poaching the shrimp as it is far healthier than grilling or frying the shrimp. Many people think that shrimp should be hard boiled, but that is a little rough on this type of delicate sea food. You see, when boiling the shrimp, the temperature is too high and it can over cook them and ruin their flavor.

   Poaching is fortunately the easiest method of cooking the shrimp, as well. All you need to do is drop the shrimp in some simmering water or sauce while the liquid is ALMOST at a boiling point, but not quite bubbling.

   Let them cook for about three to five minutes, until their skin turns pink and their tails curl inward. If cooking in water, drain and rinse in cool water to stop the cooking process. If cooking in a sauce, add at the very end, so they do not overcook.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure to not over cook your shrimp in step 3. Any more than 3 to 5 minutes and you'll over do it.