We all know that prawn is a popular ingredient. Its meat is tender and delicious, delicious, nutritious and can be eaten in various ways. Many people cook it. There are certain skills and particularities in cooking prawns, especially the control of time and heat. So how long is the best time to cook prawns? Let’s take a closer look below! How long should you cook prawns?
Almost all dishes of prawns are required to retain the freshness and tenderness of the prawns, so how to cook them and how long to cook them can ensure the freshness of the prawns while maintaining their tenderness. The tender texture and nutrients of the shrimp are not lost.
Whether the dish you cook is boiled shrimp or not, it is the same. If it is fresh shrimp, the cooking time can be determined according to the size of the shrimp. Larger shrimp can be cooked for 5 minutes, and smaller shrimp can be cooked for 2-3 minutes. If it is frozen shrimp, it needs to be cooked at room temperature first. Defrost the prawns. After thawing, determine the cooking time according to the size of the prawns.
Boiling shrimp in water, that is, boiling shrimp, can best reflect the taste and tenderness of fresh shrimp. Therefore, the time for cooking shrimp must not be too long, otherwise the shrimp will lose its flavor when cooked.
I would like to suggest a cooking method for you: put the shrimp in a pot under cold water and cook over high heat for about 3 minutes. After the shrimp bend and change color, immediately turn off the heat and cover the pot, and simmer for another 1 minute.
The shrimps cooked in this way are perfectly cooked and not stale at all. They taste smooth, tender and juicy. How to cook prawns
Ingredients: prawns
Ingredients: green onions and ginger
Seasonings: salt, cooking wine, peppercorns
Method:
Processing of prawns: Cut off the shrimp guns of the prawns, remove the shrimp sacs, use a toothpick to remove the shrimp thread from the third section of the tail of the prawns, clean the prawns and put them on a plate.
Cook the prawns: Pour water into the pot, add cooking wine, peppercorns, and large pieces of green onion and ginger and bring to a boil over high heat to bring out the flavor of the seasoning. Then add the cleaned prawns, cover and cook until the prawns turn red in color, add salt to taste, turn off the heat, cover and simmer for three to five minutes. What are the techniques for cooking prawns?
1. When making brine prawns, you must choose fresh prawns, preferably fresh prawns. If you choose frozen shrimp, choose shrimp that have not turned around, have no discoloration on the head, and have bright shrimp shells.
2. When cooking prawns, choose a pot under boiling water, but you need to cook the spices in the pot in advance so that the flavor of the spices can enter the shrimp. Because shrimp matures easily, it will not be easy to taste if cooked with seasonings.
3. When cooking shrimp, generally turn off the heat when the color of the shrimp turns red, but let the shrimp simmer in the pot for a while. In this way, the temperature of the salt water can simmer the shrimp and make the shrimp more delicious. What should you pay attention to when cooking shrimp? Selection of shrimp
If the shrimp is fresh sea shrimp, it will be delicious no matter how you cook it. If it is chilled, choose live-frozen shrimp. First, the claws of live-frozen shrimp are in the shape of "opening teeth and dancing claws". Second, the color of the shrimp head has not changed. If it is black, do not choose to boil it. Third, the shrimp shell and shrimp meat are closely connected together. If they are separated, it means they are not fresh. The time for cooking shrimps
It is not easy to cook shrimps for too long, as long as the shrimps change color, because the residual temperature of the water can scald the shrimps. Seasoning for boiled shrimp
Brine shrimp does not need too much seasoning, just a few peppercorns and large pieces of green onion and ginger are enough, but the shrimp should be soaked in salt water for a while, so that it will be easier to taste.